In the autumn of 1943, a train loaded with cinematographic and film equipment leaves the city of Rome: its destination is Venice, a city designated by the fascists as the nerve center of the Italian cinema of the newly formed Republic of Salò. The path taken by that train, however, is shrouded in mystery, as is the fate of the films transported. Many films that are believed to have anticipated Italian Neorealism are no longer there: among these there is "Sperduti nel Buio", a silent film of 1914. Denis Lotti, a university researcher from Padua, has decided to put himself on the trail of these disappeared films.
