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.

破敗村莊裏，沉默寡言的男孩擁有一項超人異能，聞風而來的新聞團隊登門，希望拍攝專題報導。平日刻薄的祖母反常展露慈愛，記者卻竊竊私語態度輕蔑，這些似乎都造成男孩的壓力，導致他臨場表現不佳……。本片僅用兩天完成拍攝，《非普通教慾》《單身動物園》攝影師提米歐斯・巴卡塔奇思再度帶來精準冷冽、魔幻寫實的鏡頭張力。