Marco is an introverted and lonely man, tormented and traumatized by his past. He makes a life choice based on science and reason, embarking on a career as a medical researcher and rejecting the strange upbringing and beliefs with which his mother raised him, based on ancient tales, legends and superstitions. Although he has decided to live a life of solitude, the encounter with Maria, a girl suffering from a serious illness, will lead Marco to question all his certainties and find an extreme solution, since science and medicine, to which he has dedicated his entire life, fail.