On the eve of World War II, under the influence of the German Nazis, Italy set off a wave of hostility and rejection of Jews in the country. It also promulgated some documents restricting the rights of Jews. The documents stipulate that Jewish children cannot go to public schools; they are not allowed to marry non-Jews; they cannot have servants at home.
The Jewish family of Feniz Kontini in Africa was also affected by this wave. The two children of the family, Miko and Ebert, were at their youthful ages, but they were both rejected by the university. Outside, Ebert's tennis club also closed the door to him. The two siblings can only spend the good time in their own manor. Occasionally some good friends come to play tennis in the large garden of the manor, and everyone talks about their future and life together. Only then did the young and beautiful Miko and Ebert appear full of life.
George and Miko, another young man in the Jewish family, have known each other since they were young, and George has been silently in love with Miko. Under the circumstances of uncertain times, George's studies were also affected. When he went to the library to look up the materials for writing the thesis, he was driven out by the library administrator. The manager in the library was a good friend of George's father for many years. In order to protect himself, he could only do things against his wishes. Helpless George had to go to the large study room of Miko's home to find the information he wanted.
One night, George couldn't bear his emotions and expressed his love to her by holding Miko. But Miko, who had treated George as his brother since childhood, rejected George and indifferently told George not to come to her home to look for her. George was frustrated by this, he could only peek at Miko's beautiful figure when playing tennis from a distance outside the garden of Miko's home. Waiting outside Miko's house, inquiring about Miko's current situation from friends.
Italy finally declared war, and the streets were full of passionate fanatics. George walking on the street carefully avoided these people and sneaked into his home. Every Jewish family is shrouded in this shadow, cautiously, losing the laughter of the past.
Ebert hid in his house all day long, not even going to the garden. One day when the war came, he finally bid farewell to his closed life and came to the end of his life. This is undoubtedly worse for the whole family. The family members braved the bitter cold and hovered above their heads to quietly send Ebert to the Jewish crematorium.
This day finally came when the Nazis' plainclothes broke into the Miko’s manor and took the whole family away.
Plainclothes took the Miko family to the school where Miko used to go to school, where many Jews had gathered. Under the arrangement of plain clothes, Miko helped his elderly grandmother to separate from his parents. In a classroom, Miko met his former friend and George's father. From George's father. Miko knew that George had not been caught and ran away. Hearing the news, Miko couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Miko and George's father hugged each other and looked out the window at the once-familiar city.
The war is coming, the massacre is about to begin, and the protagonists are also at their youthful age. Love is the most important thing for these sad teenagers, but life is about to die in their best years.
