1975: poet, intellectual, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini is bludgeoned to death and run over with his own car in the outskirts of Rome. Charged with murder, 17-year-old hustler Pino Pelosi pleads self-defense -- after all, Pasolini was a well-known pederast. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version of events, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being assaulted in the first place. Was Pasolini also murdered for another reason?
Un profesor se traslada de Milán a Palermo para trabajar como docente en un reformatorio lleno de jóvenes con un comportamiento agresivo y provocador. Con el tiempo, el profesor aprende que algunas de estas actitudes de los internos no son sino un grito de auxilio y ansia de libertad.