When Elena Greco's long-time friend seems to have vanished without a trace, this literary enthusiast chooses to tell the story of their friendship. Her first meeting with Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always affectionately called Lila, dates back to their first year of elementary school in 1950. A friendship that lasted over 60 years, set against the backdrop of the city of Naples, both dangerous and bewitching, which fate and the passing of the decades will try to disrupt, as the two friends end up going their separate ways in life.