The history of the Pilastro district begins in the 1960s, with a group of council houses a few kilometers from the center of Bologna, built in response to the demand for housing for the growing number of immigrants in the post-war period. In the shadow of the “Virgolone”, one of the largest residential complexes in the city, a neighborhood with almost seven thousand inhabitants grows, today often at the center of media attention only for crimes and crime stories. 　　Through the history of the neighborhood and its inhabitants, the film explores the relationship between city spaces and daily experiences, in a context where challenges and contradictions in urban development are evident.

A 20-year long friendship and a past similarly marked by tragic events unite Ben, a European filmmaker, and Negi, an Indian Buddhist. Fascinated by the possibility of finding in Negi a spiritual guide to come to terms with death, Ben relives and shares his personal story. His journey leads him to deal with the role life has given him, closely linked to his relationship with his father. As the impossibility of finding clear and definitive answers becomes apparent, the deeply human need to accept death emerges, transcending cultural, religious, and geographical barriers.