Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. The director asks locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of Vigàta in that time. Engineer Ernesto Sabatello finds some films shot by his father from 1958 to 1963, always on the same day; March 27, and always the same shot: the outside wall of a country house. Montalbano hears the story and, intrigued by the mystery of it, begins to investigate its meaning.