Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.

1938年春天，西班牙内战时期。12岁的小女孩卡洛尔（克拉拉·拉戈 Clara Lago 饰）不得不与她亲爱的父亲分别，随母亲从纽约搬到西班牙生活。
在母亲的故乡一个西班牙小镇安顿好后，卡洛尔开始了她的新生活。然而卡洛尔纯真叛逆的性格，却让她拒绝接受这个陌生环境里的一切。直到卡洛尔认识了当地男孩唐密切（胡安·何塞·巴勒斯塔 Juan José Ballesta 饰）后，天真无邪的友情让她很快喜欢上了这座宁静美丽的田园小镇。然而残酷的战争并没有结束，它就在不远处一步步逼近着所有人，以及孩子们的最好童年。