In a dark and bustling 1990s New York, we meet a solitary and highly efficient hitman leading a life marked by routine and silence. One day, his monotonous world is shaken when he crosses paths with a young girl named Mathilda, a twelve-year-old trapped in a family environment filled with violence and corruption. After a tragic turn of events that results in the death of her family at the hands of a group of drug traffickers, Mathilda seeks refuge and protection in the home of this stranger who, although initially reluctant, ultimately accepts her company.
The relationship between them evolves in an unexpected way; while he teaches her the arts of assassination, she offers him a spark of humanity that he believed was lost. Amid this strange bond, the young girl becomes the hitman's motivation to seek a bit of redemption and learn to open himself up to the world. But as their connection deepens, so does the danger, with the drug traffickers determined to settle the score.
This story is an explosive mix of action, drama, and a poignant exploration of loneliness, friendship, and vengeance. In the shadows of the city, both characters are pulled toward an inevitable fate that will test not only their skills but also their capacity to love and lose. Will they be able to escape their dark past and forge a new future together?