The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.

In the southern Italian village where writer Dora comes from, a sadistic murderer tortures and kills several people. The killer is inspired by the crime novels written by Dora herself. Two police officers investigate the case and suspect Dora and her publisher, but the truth is much more complicated and intricate...