Europe, autumn 1944. In the middle of a platoon of the 82nd Airborne, errors of command are going to isolate a small group of men who are under the command of Sgt. Pallumbo. Their destiny, mingled with hope and death, is going cross that of a family of citizens who struggle to survive too.

Following research into a new molecule, negligence on the part of a pharmaceutical laboratory leads to the spread of a devastating plague that transforms humans into the undead. A small group of survivors, forgotten in an evacuated and quarantined city, attempt to survive in this hostile environment. Among them are Martin and Frank, two cops; Eric and Fabrizio, two young thugs; Alice, whose husband Thomas is suspected of being infected; Jérémie and his daughter Jade; François, a fatalistic alcoholic; and Dr. Varda, a researcher specializing in the study of the molecule. Despite the tensions within the group, they will all try to join forces to escape this hell.

Piero Maccarinelli directs the student actors of the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in a play by Luigi Sturzo performed in 1900, which sheds light on the murky and persistent link between politics and crime.