La Storia

A hidden secret changes everything for Ida.

Upon returning home, Nino establishes a very strong bond with Useppe; he leaves his family to enlist as a volunteer.

Isa and Useppe evacuate to Pietralata.

Nino takes Useppe to the partisan base, where he meets Mariulì, his girlfriend; the situation in Pietralata worsens as the Germans are ruthless toward the Italians considered traitors.

During World War II, Ida Ramundo, a widowed elementary school teacher with a teenage son, decides to conceal her Jewish origins due to the racial laws.

Nino's return sparks hope.