Stone by stone, Imrich is building a small house for his daughter Eva almost entirely on his own. But for Eva, who is about to graduate from school, the prospect of moving into the house is about as appealing as being imprisoned in a jail she herself has helped to build. She has very different plans for her future...

During the pre-war period of 1937, young, pregnant doctor Helena arrives in the city of Svit. The real-life city was built by Jan Antonín Baťa, based on the vision of his half-brother, progressive entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, for the employees of their factory. This utopian vision of Baťa’s serves as a backdrop for the story. Helena is the wife of a factory director in Svit. The strange discovery of a dead, intersex embryo turns the city upside down. Helena decides to find out the truth behind it, despite the revelation of a political conspiracy.