In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and starts to spend time with her — desperate to know the motivation behind her violent acts.
Ezio Bosso reveals his real self and takes us into his world and his imagination, as if were a diary.
