In Rome's EUR neighborhood, where the silence of the night carries echoes of a little girl's mysterious disappearance, two strangers meet on a night bus crossing the city. Francesco is a young man on the fringes, a wry vagabond who lives by his wits, with a bottle in his backpack and a stubborn desire to dream. Carlotta wears an elegant fur coat and presents herself as a famous cellist on tour, but behind her tired gaze and confident voice, one senses a different reality, one of long nights.