Simone Segre, a renowned surgeon of Jewish origins lives in northeastern Italy. He lives a quiet life in an elegant apartment and no connection with his past. One day he finds himself assisting a man that was in a hit and run accident. Yet when Simone discovers a Nazi tattoo on the man’s chest, Simone abandons him to destiny. Filled with guilt, he ends up tracing the man’s family: Marica, the eldest daughter; Marcello, a teenager plagued with racial hate; and little Paolo. The night will come when Marica knocks at Simone’s door and unknowingly asks for payback.