Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
A young girl playing by "Djupelv" finds the remains of a body. The family doesn't want to get involved and calls in an anonymous tip, but the same day the girl runs away from home.
