A summer day in Italy. The camera follows the deaf-mute Giacomo and a childhood girlfriend Stefi closely – in the woods, by the river – without wanting to disrupt the mystery of their relationship, between restrained sensuality and childhood games.
Under threat of eviction, an old man hides himself inside his flat, ready for anything - except the cruel twist of fate that will force him to reassess his whole life.
The Japanese expression 'Ichi-go Ichi-e', in a broader sense, we can translate it as 'the encounter of a lifetime'. With a person, with a situation but also with a country, demonstrating how cultural distances can be overcome.
