A young father holidays
by the sea near Dieppe with his reproachfully perfect wife and their
twin daughters. Returning from the local shop, he meets an eccentric
old lady, Alice Berthier, who lives with her mute sister, Clemence.
Their mysterious house is full of old photographs and strange objects -
sacred ceremonial masks once belonging to the Hopi, a tribe of Native
Americans from Arizona.
Haunted by memories of a tragic past,
Alice takes comfort in her new companion and he, in turn, is drawn into
her mysterious world. As his family recedes into the background, her
stirring tales of the Hopi, and the Arizona desert become the only salve
to his despondent soul.
