Lorenzo Nuccio

Samir and Karim are two Italian-Egyptian brothers. On February their parents went to Egypt for a few days to visit relatives. But since the pandemic exploded and Italy went into lockdown they have not had the opportunity to return back home.

In Rome's EUR district, where the silence of the night echoes with the mysterious disappearance of a little girl, two strangers meet on a night bus crossing the city. Francesco is a young man on the margins of society, an ironic vagabond who lives by his wits, with a bottle in his backpack and a stubborn desire to dream. Carlotta wears an elegant fur coat and introduces herself as a famous cellist on tour, but behind her tired eyes and confident voice, one senses a different reality, one of long nights.

A group of scouts decides to resist Benito Mussolini's order to close all associations not affiliated with the fascist regime. The young people continue to meet secretly in Val Codera, eventually supporting the Resistance.