Naples, 1753. In his workshop, sculptor Giuseppe Sammartino is struggling against the fear of failure. When Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero, commissioned him to complete the Veiled Christ after the untimely death of Genoese artist Antonio Corradini, the sculptor was seized by sudden creative paralysis.
Sammartino, who until then was known only for the creation of shepherds for Nativity mangers, faces the most arduous of battles: the completion of a work whose perfection would surpass the beauty of Michelangelo's Pietà.
