The photojournalist Marco Gualazzini returns to North Kivu, to capture an overall image of the region during the state of siege. More than 8000 km away, an editor, Irene, tries to recompose the fragments of Marco's journey in the darkness of the editing room. Getting lost in the reality revealed by the images, between vague flashes of beauty and moments of sudden violence, she begins to wonder if it is really possible to understand a complex place like the Congo, and what a photograph actually shows.