Italy, WWII. After his anti-fascist mother is arrested, Mario spends his childhood on the streets. In 1947 they are miraculously reunited and start a new life in America. Based on the life of Mario Capecchi, 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.

The lives of Rosario and her mother Maria are turned upside down when they move to a new city. While complex family dynamics intertwine, tearing apart an already precarious balance, the two will have to emancipate themselves from an oppressive father and husband and find the strength to rebuild their identity.