Gianluca, aveugle de naissance, doit faire face au fait que son père si dévoué, un pauvre pêcheur, a dû enfreindre la loi afin de le soutenir, le menant ainsi à fuir à Saint-Domingue. Dévasté par ce départ, le jeune garçon attend le front face à la mer, les mains tendues vers l'horizon, guettant un signe de retour de son père.
Gianluca, blind from birth, has to face the fact that his devoted father, a poor fisherman, has had to break the law in order to support him, leading him to flee to Santo Domingo. Devastated by his departure, the young boy waits with his forehead to the sea, hands outstretched towards the horizon, watching for a sign that his father has returned.
