Plot Summary

Mauro is at a stage in life when one moves from childhood into adolescence.  He is forced to live without his parents, left-wing militants forced underground.  They leave him with his grandfather.  But something unexpected has happened to his grandfather and Mauro is left alone without being able to inform his parents.  Shlomo, his grandfather's next-door neighbor, a solitary Jewish man and employee of the local synagogue, winds up taking care of him.  The unexpected cohabitation results in a plunge into unknown worlds, from which they emerge more mature than before.