[2][3] Michele Silenzi is a shy thirteen-year-old boy from Trieste who lives with his single mother (a local police inspector).

He has to settle instead for a much cheaper costume, which he is told belongs to an obscure Chinese superhero who has mystical powers.

By now Michele can control his invisibility, and after escaping the leader of the Specials he helps free the children; his father then mentally wipes everyone's memory.

The final scene shows her being informed that, although they have failed to recruit Michele, they have located his long-lost twin sister in Morocco.

A sequel titled The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (Il ragazzo invisibile - Seconda generazione) was released in January 2018.