In the small southern Italian town of Castelmauro, a girl dies in the wild flames of a valley fire. But these flames are not so wild and uncontrolled. They have been plotted, with a plan to kill. To seek revenge.

In this backward community, gossip travels like the grapevines in the valleys, and soon the word of murder is on the lips of everyone.

Months later, Domenico Fango is charged and jailed for the murder of his best friend and lover, Chiara. As he waits out each new day in his small prison cell, he recalls the hot summer leading to Chiara’s death. A summer where secrets corrupted love, leading to irreparable consequences.

Domenico is convinced he is not guilty. It was that man. But as time passes, he questions his convictions. Was everything he was taught to believe really true?

How much more complicated than love could murder be?