Spring 1945. A night of celebration for the end of the war becomes the beginning of a tragedy for little Egea Haffner: men in uniform take her father away and throw him into a foiba. It is only the beginning: shortly afterwards, Egea will be forced to leave her homeland with a suitcase and face an uncertain future.

1977. Sixteen-year-old Mario lives in a small village in Ticino, Italian-speaking Switzerland. While society around him is shifting in many ways, he experiences his first awkward sentimental approaches, has trouble in school, and constantly clashes with a father who doesn’t seem to get him.