Shadow of the Castles

The story follows the Capello family, Italian immigrants living in poverty in northern France, in a region dominated by mines and desolate lands. When their young sister Fatoun is arrested for stealing from a vault and sent to a reformatory, her two brothers, Luigi and Rico, decide to do everything they can to secure her release. Their attempt to defend their sister highlights the hardships and injustices they face, as well as their daily lives marked by odd jobs and dashed hopes. At the same time, Luigi and Rico dream of a better future: emigrating to Canada, which they see as a land of opportunity, far from their precarious existence.