A child is confronted with the (ever young) old age of the world, its hazards, its cinema and music, shot in seven days in Rome, Fiumicino, Ciampino and Cineccità. What will happen on July 12, 1995, in Rome ? What will become of July 12, 1995, in Rome ?
An elderly German composer is invited to Roma by the King to compose eight Notturni. But the memories of tragic events he experienced in the very place to which he is returning, leave him unable to compose.
