TAGLINE
Always mind the shadows on the cave’s wall
Logline
Eἰ οὖν διαλέγεσθαι οἷοί τ᾽ εἶεν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, οὐ ταῦτα ἡγῇ ἂν τὰ ὄντα αὐτοὺς νομίζειν ἅπερ ὁρῷεν;
Se dunque fossero in grado di discutere fra loro, non pensi che essi chiamerebbero oggetti reali le ombre che vedono?
And if they were able to converse with one another, would they not suppose that they were naming what was actually before them?
Platone, Il mito della caverna
Plato, The Allegory of the Cave
Plot
In the mid-’90s, four-year-old Nadia Fontana disappears from Ornesio. Her father, Tommaso, searches for years, losing his wife to grief. Decades later, a young woman, Elvira Pozzi, claims to be his missing daughter.
Based on a true story – historical references
The film is inspired by Frédéric Bourdin, “The Chameleon,” who assumed missing children’s identities, even living as Nicholas Barclay for months. What is true? Who really is Elvira? What will happen between her and Tommaso?
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