San Pietro Avellana, southern Italy, 1943. Camillo, a teenager, sees his life being turned upside down when, one day, a group of retreating German soldiers begin using his family's inn as a base of operation. In the midst of a war that seems never-ending, Camillo has much more in mind; and first things first, to ask Bianca, his longtime crush, on a first date. The world seems a little less ugly, even for a brief moment, until something changes their lives forever.