帕姆菲尔想成为一名体面的有家之人，但在现实的挑战下，他被迫通过违背原则的方式来养家糊口。

卡特琳娜美丽而聪明，按照她教母的意愿，她被培养成一个贵族血统的女士。 但对于整个世界来说，她只是别人的财产，是下任最富有的地主——切尔文斯基的女仆。 为自己的自由和幸福的权利而奋斗，她将不得不忍受她最亲近的人的死亡，成为一个仇恨并梦想杀死她的女人的财产，在民众起义中幸存下来，在被疯子追赶的同时逃脱， 逃离最想得到她的人。 在如此可怕而疲惫的自由之路的尽头等待着卡特琳娜的是什么？

In the darkest days of the Second World War, Yulia and Hugo, a Jewish mother and son, escape from a Ukrainian ghetto. Fearing for his safety, Yulia entrusts her boy to the care of her friend Mariana, a sex worker who lives in a brothel. Hugo is placed in a closet, nominally for his safety, but from which he rarely leaves. With little view of the outside world, he conjures up ghosts and scenarios. But over time, Mariana brings the boy out and in doing so transforms his life.