Marja is Finnish and is 20 years old in the 1970s. Her partner, Fortunato, is Sicilian. They speak two different languages but have the same dreams. They live in a community with their two daughters, Alice and Sonia. Marja teaches them the power of dreams and imagination and freedom of the spirit. The day that Forunato tells her that it is time to become an adult, she cannot abandon her dreams. She follows him to Sicily where reality is very different...