Vito and Carla have been divorced for a few years. They loved each other very much before jealousy and violence destroyed their love. Now Vito has a new life and Carla has a new partner. The only bond is their three children Nicola, Rosa and little Mara. But the feeling of having avoided a foretold tragedy still hangs over Carla. When Mara asks to have her father by her side on her birthday, Carla, to make her happy, invites him to dinner. Despite the fear, the party goes surprisingly smoothly: they laugh, joke, and unwrap presents together. However after that night there was no news of Vito. He disappears into thin air without a trace. It will be the police who will shed light on his disappearance. Justice will be entrusted with the mission of finding out the truth about what happened. But is there really only one, clear, irrefutable truth in such cases?