

Palermo in the 1970s. Ten-year-old Salvatore Giammarresi's life revolves around school and his first love, his sister's escapades and his parents' dreams. But the shadow of the Mafia and its crimes hangs over everything.

Peter has been cruel to children, animals and servants for a long time. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin, trapped after an earthquake, in the city's Gothic cemetery.