In 1919, the lingering smoke from the end of World War I enveloped the glitzy and cold Manhattan, New York.
Luca, a low-class Italian boy, is trapped in a cramped and dilapidated rental house, holding on to half a candle and an old suit that only has dignity left, struggling hard between survival and dignity.
In the past, he was cowardly and allowed others to bully him, but now his soul has awakened, with a calmness and edge that does not belong to a teenager.
Starting out as a shoe shine boy or a newspaper boy, on the streets of New York where gangs are rampant and classes are strict, he uses faith as his backbone and ambition as his blade to tear apart the fate of the ants at the bottom.
This is the era that belongs to Luca, and it is also a legend of a young man who changed his life against the odds in 1919 New York.
