Freestudios

A teenager who went missing and was presumed dead returns home after eight years to find a family deeply affected by his disappearance. Gradually, doubts arise about whether he really is the missing boy or an impostor.

Bologna, 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform, the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco, convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in Paris since then thanks to the Mitterrand Doctrine, is suspected of being its instigator. When the Italian government asks for extradition, Marco goes into hiding with his daughter Viola, precipitating also the life of his family back in Italy.

Jean-Luc and his old gang of 1968 pacifists, now in their seventies, reunite to make a film protesting against Swiss military export. After blowing up an arms factory they are brought to justice, but many hail them as heroes.

Nadia keeps a secret watch over friends and family. She is a voyeur, thriving on the silent observation of others, incapable of interaction. But she will soon have to face up to the reality of an unwanted pregnancy from a relationship that ended with the discovery of her partner's homosexuality. All will be revealed when a family arrives on the scene, the same family that fifteen years before, initiated Nadia in the art of observation.