In 1589, six innocent women were accused from the inquisition of witchery in the small ligurian mountain.

What would happen today in a society which defines itself Catholic and Christian if Jesus really came back as announced in the Gospels? Who would take him seriously? And what difficulties would Jesus encounter today to be recognized?

Antonio, known as the Chameleon, and Teresa Lupi: the first has just been released from prison, after ten long years. She is a young police commissioner. They are two tormented figures: Antonio leaves prison with one fixed thought: to avenge the murder of his family, which he witnessed as a child. Teresa, on the other hand, seems unable to live her life in harmony: her personal relationships are superficial and the only thing that seems to satisfy her is work. The lives of these two characters are soon linked by the common fight against the infamous Don Ferdinando, a ruthless boss who controls the city.

Matera, 1943. Partisan Nichi has been wounded and is returning to her brigade's hideout, but her true concerns are focused on the fate of her husband, a prisoner of the German army. When she arrives at the hideout, however, she finds no one there except a young courier accompanied by a civilian woman who urgently needs to be escorted out of the city by nightfall.