Turin, 1969. Massimo, a nine-year-old boy, loses his mother in mysterious circumstances. A few days later, his father takes him to see a priest who explains to the boy that his mother is now in Paradise. Massimo refuses to accept her sudden death.
1990. Massimo has become an accomplished journalist, but he is haunted by his past. When he must sell his parents' apartment, the hurt and pain of childhood become an obsession.