Mussolini's Illustrator

Wrongs must be rectified. Secrets must be kept.

Italy, 1939. Isabella is a teenager and in love with Pasquale, a young woodcutter. She makes bread in her family's bakery and sketches portraits at night. Determined to be together, Isabella and Pasquale secretly board a freight train out of town. Fulfilling their dreams means escaping the wrath of Pasquale's father and putting rumors behind them.

After a simple wedding, she is full of hope for their new life together. But when Pasquale is the victim of a vicious attack, their future looks less certain. With a baby on the way, their paths split apart. As the war draws closer to Italy's shores, Isabella finds herself in one desperate situation after another only to become a fugitive of obscure characters. To survive, she rises above all tragedies and summon the most dreadful resources hidden in the human's soul. With strength and determination, she makes the heartbreaking choices necessary to end her long streak of misfortunes.

But the cost is high. To transit the road ahead, from now on she must carry the weight of a heart filled with guilt and shame.