Palermo in the 1980s. 14 hours from Rome and the world of civilised government and order. The Sicilian city is a place of great beauty but torn apart by the second great Mafia gang wars. A perfect place for a young crime reporter to get his start. As he travels across Palermo, the crime reporter looks back on his own youth and lyrically retells four tragic stories that marked him. A Mafioso who refused to become a professional killer; a model whom he loved and couldn't save; a father who succumbed to hatred and jealousy; and a daughter in search of her lost honour.