Adele, a shoe polisher from the slums and orphan of unknown origins, Has survived in the slums disguised as a man. However, she finds herself in a difficult situation where she will be sold off if she doesn’t come up with her protection fee in time. Then, by chance, she encounters Cesare, and ends up making an agreement with him to partake in some sort of scheme. “From today on, you will be my sister, who has been hidden from the public eye.”