Fabio Pompili

The film takes place over the course of a single night: the longest night of the year, between December 21 and 22 (the winter solstice), when the sun sets around 4:30 p.m. and rises the next day at 7:30 a.m. A long night in which the stories, destinies, anxieties, and dramas of a provincial town in the south (Potenza) intertwine, even if only briefly. Fifteen hours of uninterrupted darkness in which human destiny becomes exceptional, as the night causes the anchors of the day to be lost and four personal stories suddenly accelerate.

Antonio, known as the Chameleon, and Teresa Lupi: the first has just been released from prison, after ten long years. She is a young police commissioner. They are two tormented figures: Antonio leaves prison with one fixed thought: to avenge the murder of his family, which he witnessed as a child. Teresa, on the other hand, seems unable to live her life in harmony: her personal relationships are superficial and the only thing that seems to satisfy her is work. The lives of these two characters are soon linked by the common fight against the infamous Don Ferdinando, a ruthless boss who controls the city.