Venice is a city defined by its dualities—a place where majestic palazzos overlook stagnant canal water and where the mask is a permanent fixture of the social landscape. For Prosper and Bo, two brothers fleeing the clinical cruelty of their aunt and uncle, the city is not a tourist destination but a labyrinthine sanctuary. Their survival depends on their ability to disappear into the "unseen" Venice, a world of crumbling cinemas and misty alleyways where the laws of adulthood are replaced by the desperate, resourceful logic of the displaced.

The narrative focuses on the tension between the desire for protection and the hunger for independence. While Prosper struggles with the crushing weight of being his younger brother’s sole guardian, they are drawn into a makeshift family of runaways ...

Venice is a city defined by its dualities—a place where majestic palazzos overlook stagnant canal water and where the mask is a permanent fixture of the social landscape. For Prosper and Bo, two brothers fleeing the clinical cruelty of their aunt and uncle, the city is not a tourist destination but a labyrinthine sanctuary. Their survival depends on their ability to disappear into the "unseen" Venice, a world of crumbling cinemas and misty alleyways where the laws of adulthood are replaced by the desperate, resourceful logic of the displaced.

The narrative focuses on the tension between the desire for protection and the hunger for independence. While Prosper struggles with the crushing weight of being his younger brother’s sole guardian, they are drawn into a makeshift family of runaways ...