Pietro searches for his only brother, whom he hasn't seen for a long time, to compete for the only things that their father, who recently died, left as an inheritance: a gun and a chair. His path will become a journey into a transfigured Sardinia, through its demons and those of contemporary times.

In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design, while each seeks his or her deliverance.

Set in Rome between 1938 and 1943, the movie traces the extraordinary story of Elena Di Porto, a strong, independent, and courageous Roman Jewish woman who challenged the fascist regime to save many lives and marked the history of the Jewish ghetto of Rome during fascism and the Nazi occupation.