Successful illustrator Daniele Mallarico travels to Naples to look after his four-year-old grand-son while his daughter is away for a few days.
What begins as a simple babysitting job turns into a subtle psychological duel, as the child’s boundless imagination slowly unsettles him. Trapped together in the apartment, Daniele is forced to confront something far more disturbing than a mischievous child: the fear of aging and the loss of creativity.
Through this strange encounter, he may rediscover the power of imagination he thought he had lost.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
I fell in love with Domenico Starnone’s novel Scherzetto (Trick) right from its title. Two characters placed at the opposite poles of life, a family situation that often becomes comic, a single room, and a haunting presence. But as the film took shape, my own ghosts began to appear – difficult companions to keep under control – and I started pursuing them through the lens of my camera. I don’t think Toni Servillo was merely interpreting a character either; he entered an unknown territory, one ruled by the unpredictable presence of a five-year-old child who, at any given moment, might have said: “Enough, I’ve had enough” (and he actually did!). But we made it. And now everything seems so light. Seems.