Summary
Adele, an orphan surviving in the slums by disguising herself as a boy, works as a shoe shiner to get by. Threatened with being sold off when she can’t pay protection money, she encounters Cesare, who offers her a way out. He proposes a daring bargain: she must impersonate his missing sister to help him carry out a hidden scheme. Thrust into the world of the elite, Adele must carefully maintain her charade, concealing her true self while moving through high society’s treacherous circles.