In Curon, a small village in Val Venosta, today in the province of Bolzano, life had passed almost unchanged for centuries, marked by the alternation of the seasons and traditional alpine jobs. the story begins in 1923, based on the reality of Italy divided between the two world wars. A woman, a teacher, Trina, begins her life with Erich but will suffer a lot, not only at the family level but also for her land which will be destroyed by the great dam project.