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Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the relation between Antonio and the children is tough, but it relaxes so they become temporary friends.

After the break up of their professional partnership and a long period of silence, Antonio re-contacts Lorenzo for a new, mysterious project.

Vittoria, a stubborn and enterprising teenager, on October 31, 1989 ventures into a cave by the sea in search of the legendary treasure of the Owl King, thanks to whom she dreams of moving with her whole family to America. Instead, lost in the labyrinth of tunnels dug under the city, which will lead her on an adventurous journey between past, present, and future, she will be forced to confront her identity and her roots.