From a poor village in the Ligurian hinterland, after the war, Giovanni went to Genoa to embark for Buenos Aires in search of work. He leaves his wife, little son Nicola and his elderly father. A storm causes the ship to sink, many missing and no trace of Giovanni is found. Nicola asks for his dad but his Grandfather tells him that his dad was taken away from the sea. Nicola, however, does not accept it and goes to find the sea and his dad, in a journey that will lead him to become an adult.
