Mercury Pictures Presents

Maria Lagana flees Mussolini's Italy for 1940s Los Angeles, haunted by a childhood transgression that led to her father's arrest. On the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria works as an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, struggling to maintain her personal and professional life amidst a distant mother, a typecast actor boyfriend, and a studio on the brink of collapse. As the world descends into war, Hollywood transforms into a nexus for European émigrés, with modernist poets, celebrated architects, and refugee actors finding new roles within the studio system. Maria navigates a complex web of conflicting politics and ambitions, rising through the ranks. However, the arrival of a stranger from her father's past threatens her carefully constructed facade, forcing her to confront long-buried truths about his fate and her own identity in this epic tale of love, deceit, and sacrifice.