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A Senegalese street vendor is accused of killing a nine-year-old boy near a southern Italian beach resort. Defense lawyer Guido Guerrieri takes on the seemingly hopeless case, confronting local racism and navigating the courts in his search for justice.

Guido Guerrieri represents Martina after she accuses a powerful judge’s son of assault and other lawyers refuse her case. With witnesses unwilling to speak, he risks his career while developing an attraction to the nun who runs Martina’s shelter.

While Lieutenant Chiti searches for a serial rapist, trainee lawyer Giorgio is drawn away from his orderly life into a corrupt world. Seduced by excitement, attractive women, and casual violence, he moves toward choices that will haunt his future.

Guido Guerrieri reluctantly handles a convicted drug smuggler’s appeal despite the man’s confession and violent political past. His attraction to the client’s wife complicates his professional judgment as he searches for grounds to challenge the conviction.

The parents of missing student Manuela hire Guido Guerrieri to find evidence that could reopen the police investigation. Questioning her friends brings inconsistent stories and unwelcome temptation, while his lonely nighttime wanderings through Bari offer unexpected leads.

Former undercover officer Roberto Marías walks through Rome to psychiatric appointments, struggling to confront his memories and guilt. A connection with fellow patient Emma and a boy tormented by nightmares helps him begin to recover a sense of purpose.

Against his instincts, Guido Guerrieri agrees to defend Judge Larocca against corruption allegations. Private detective Annapaola Doria helps investigate suspected Mafia connections, forcing the lawyer to confront uncomfortable truths about his client and his own ideas of justice.

In 1992, officer Pietro Fenoglio faces a failed marriage and violent Mafia feuds around Bari. A cooperating gangster helps break the stalemate, but the murder of a mobster’s son remains unexplained, drawing Fenoglio into an investigation filled with moral uncertainty.

Eighteen-year-old Antonio travels with his largely absent father to Marseille seeking treatment for epilepsy. Required to stay awake together for two days and nights, they explore the city and share conversations that gradually transform their strained relationship.

An old lover returns to Guido Guerrieri’s office seeking an appeal for her son, convicted of murdering a drug dealer. Despite doubts about the case and painful memories of their relationship, he agrees to help, confronting both evidence and his own past.