Vallata, a picturesque village in the heart of the Marche region, was devastated by bombings during World War II. Despite its small number of houses, it became a refuge for people on the run: former fascists, collaborators, partisans, the rich, the poor—anyone with one clear desire: to erase their past and start a new life. A sort of unspoken agreement among the inhabitants emerged, coinciding with the birth of the Italian Republic. No resentment, no dissent. Everything buried forever. The result? The children and grandchildren of that village grew up with a past shrouded in mystery and uncertainty.

In 2024, eighty years later, everything seems to have been forgotten. Then the unthinkable happens. Suddenly, people aged 16 to 67 begin losing their memories. Those affected by this phenomenon, nicknamed the “Memory Hole,” experience the disappearance of their memories, forgetting relatives, routines, and even their own identities. But what is causing this? While official investigations continue, two individuals take matters into their own hands: Stefania Giovannini, a brilliant oncologist who ended up there by chance, and Matteo Basile, a photojournalist who returned to the village to care for his older brother, who is suffering from the Memory Hole.

They will uncover that the roots of this mystery reach back to the inexplicable massacre that shook the village eighty years earlier. “Through our children, we will live again,” said an old tale Matteo’s grandfather had heard as a child. The Memory Hole seems to attempt just that: to revive the memories of fathers in the minds of their children. But who is the puppeteer behind it all? And what dark purpose lies behind this unsettling resurrection of memory?

Created by: Isabella Aguilar, Gaetano Colella e Andrea Simonetti