[1][2] When their children disappear into thin air, two parents are told to come up with a 150,000 euros ransom and will do anything to bring them back.
As she is a psychotherapist who does not have an Italian level high enough to work in Bari, she is a full-time mother to their children, Bianca and Giovanni.
In their divorce negotiations, both bring up major problems: Pietro's gambling debt and Elena's prescription medication abuse.
Nico will give him the money by the morning only if Pietro goes in his boat to Greece and completes a transaction for him that night.
After he orally confirms receipt of the bag, the nervous armed men wave their guns in his face until the cryptocurrency payment is complete.
Rushing to Elena's, Pietro finds the kids safe and sound, initially not remembering that they had been having a sleepover at his place.
As he's heading back to his country house, Pietro receives a recording Elena made of his drug run to Greece, using it to ensure he authorizes her taking Bianca and Giovanni to New York.
Pietro hurries to Elena's apartment and the guard lets him in under the guise of seeking a forgotten passport.