Nine-year-old Michele stumbles on another boy chained up and starving at the bottom of a hole. Taking pity on the imprisoned youngster, he gives him food while pondering who to tell about his discovery. Unaware his own father is mixed up in a criminal conspiracy, Michele reveals his secret to him - but is sternly warned to forget what he saw and leave his friend to his fate. Thriller, with Giuseppe Cristiano, Mattia Di Pierro and Adriana Conserva. In Italian.

In a tiny community enclosed by wheat fields, the adults shelter indoors, while six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted countryside. Exploring a dilapidated and uninhabited farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he dares not tell anyone about it …