Bruno Bucciarati is 12 years old now, he's an ordinary boy, son of a fisherman. He lived peacefully with his family, helping his father with work and listening to his mother's stories before bed. His life was wonderful until his parents divorced. Bruno chose to stay with his father to help him, because he knew that he could not live alone. Because of the drugs, his father was attacked by two bandits wanting to kill him, since he found out about their activities. His dad almost died.