Linus has been granted a five-day furlough from prison where he is serving a life sentence for murder. His mother has decided to take him to Delphi. A few days spent in that magical place, she thinks, might distract him from his awful fate. She has a difficult revelation to share with her son: ten years earlier, it was she who led the police to him. Over the course of five days, as mother and son wander the magnificent ruins of Delphi, matters concerning Linus's childhood that have been buried for decades resurface.
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Linus has been granted a five-day furlough from prison where he is serving a life sentence for murder. His mother has decided to take him to Delphi. A few days spent in that magical place, she thinks, might distract him from his awful fate. She has a difficult revelation to share with her son: ten years earlier, it was she who led the police to him. Over the course of five days, as mother and son wander the magnificent ruins of Delphi, matters concerning Linus's childhood that have been buried for decades resurface.