On the occasion of the centenary of her birth, the film tells the extraordinary story of Margherita Hack, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, from her childhood to adulthood, retracing the most important stages of her life.

The film, written for Rai, draws from unpublished and exclusive sources, including the biography Nine lives like cats by Margherita Hack and Federico Taddia, published by Rizzoli.