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Paolo, 19, a boy with Down syndrome, befriends a tough and lonely boxing trainer.

Ambitious magistrate Vittoria (Valeria Solarino) makes the dramatic decision to relocate from the north to the south of Italy with one mission in mind – to defeat the Calabrian ‘‘Ndrangheta’ mafia. She is flabbergasted by the violence, the cruelty and the killings that Mafia men project – even youngsters are not spared. But instead of targeting the men, Vittoria tries a new approach; an appeal to the women involved in these circles. The bosses’ wives are as hard as nails; they will not talk and will not betray their powerful husbands, but could it be they have a soft spot for their own children?

Bruno, a 45-year-old police officer, is investigating tax offences within a company. The main suspect, the auditor Metelli, is found dead in a hotel room: around his neck is a stocking tied to a lamp.

A young clerk gradually withdraws himself from the outside world.