At the age of 35 and after a brilliant career in fencing, Paolo is a sports journalist living inVicenza . A friend of his and also ex champion fencer dies from a heart attack. He was a contractor for an industrial project in that same province. Paolo is suddenly aware that his friend was not well liked by those around him. He wants to clear his bad name but will soon find out that his dead friend was hiding a dark side-even his untimely death no longer seems clear.