Scianel is a young girl from the ZEN (a public housing project neighborhood) in the city of Palermo an area on the outskirts of Palermo, who is not able to give a name or a form to her diversity. She knows she's "weird" but hasn't understood to what extent yet. When, during a workshop, she discovers her talent for painting, her world changes: what she draws comes to life, it develops a soul. Even if for her this gift becomes a surprise and then a comfort, for her grandfather, instead, it becomes a possibility to make money. Gathering the most bizarre demands from the people of the neighborhood he makes his granddaughter draw what these people think they desire, not realising what they really need.
Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a series of mistakes shut him out of the gang, and Luisa is now his only chance: he convinces her to have her bones broken.
Arturo loses his tech job to an algorithm he created and ends up working as a delivery man, monitored by an unreasonably strict app. His only solace comes from Stella, a hologram-for-girlfriend whose free trial is running out. Unable to renew the subscription due to his financial uncertainty, Arturo decides to take a stand.