Since Homer’s times, sailors knew that crossing the Straight of Messina was a difficult task, especially if the Gods had already decided their ‘destinies’. Even today, when there are no longer any monsters, the crossing is difficult. The ‘destiny’ of a young woman is re-awoken from the depths of the abyss and, once it has reached the surface, engages in furious battle with its victim. The girl, who doesn’t believe in superstitions and won’t listen to the warnings of her old fisherman friend, throws a ‘land’ urchin which she had caught together with a large squid, back into the sea. From that momet onwards her life changes dramatically, and it is only the old fisherman who is able to prevent this ‘destiny’ from winning.