This tense story is set during World War II Italy. A mother and her daughter flee what once was the safety of Rome to seek refuge in the mountains. Their journey turns out to be one they could never have imagined.
Cesira flees war-torn Rome, abandoning her business and her new love. With her fifteen-year old daughter, Rosetta, she begins a perilous journey to her childhood village in the mountains. For a while they enjoy the pastoral pleasures of the countryside. But a tragic love triangle ends their fantasy and the rising tides of war force them back on the road.