The film focuses on the life of an adult, Matteo, who in his effort to remain near his disabled son, is forced to deal with the painful past that he has tried to suppress. But this past is not just a source of pain: it is also the story of parents who faced and overcame the daunting challenge of mental illness.

Director's note

Matteo’s father, Stefano Rulli, came back to live in Rome. Matteo’s mother, Clara Sereni, died in 2018. In 1998, in Perugia, they founded La Città del Sole, whose PRISMA project seeks to give young psychiatric patients the opportunity to room with out-of-town university students, giving them an apartment to live in rent-free.