Mimmo Lucano, former mayor of Riace (Italy), creator of immigrants reception project aimed at repopulating the small Calabrian village. In 2016 the magazine Fortune placed him among the 50 most influential people in the world. In 2017 he was investigated for bureaucratic irregularities in the immigrant reception system managing. In 2018 he was arrested and banished from Riace. In 2021 he was condemned to 13 years and 2 months. The movie retraces these events, alternating public and private moments.