Tony Grasso has built his life on the outskirts of society around his obsession for Patricia, his former classmate. Even after she gets married, Tony's heart remains a prisoner of this mad passion. When Patricia, her husband and their two children are found brutally assassinated, Tony is arrested. His lawyer is not interested in his innocence because for him the truth does not exist, only stories exist, good or bad. And he forces the boy to go back over his entire life in order to create a story that can save him.