April 9, 2009. Alberto, a firefighter marked by a dramatic past, enters a deserted bar during the news broadcast reporting on the destruction and victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo, which occurred three days earlier. Tormented by the memory of a tragic event, he recognizes an old trophy as a symbol of his pain. Arriving in the earthquake zone, Alberto and his colleagues dig through the rubble, aided by a sniffer dog led by Enrico. When the animal signals something unusual, Alberto decides to intervene. That descent into the ruins becomes a challenge that will force him to confront the shadow of a memory that has never truly been buried.