This fictionalized version of a transformational moment in Italian history chronicles the kidnapping of politician Aldo Moro (Roberto Herlitzka). In 1978, leftist revolutionaries known as the Red Brigades murder several of Moro’s attendants and take the former prime minister hostage. When the group’s demands aren’t met, they assassinate Moro. A troubled young member of the Red Brigades named Chiara (Maya Sansa) tries to find the line between activism and terrorism.