Following the breakup of her relationship , Anna is obliged to pursue her career as an investigative journalist alone. She wants to become pregnant through a donor and have a child to give purpose to her life. Anna begins an artificial insemination operation but is raped and becomes pregnant, not from an anonymous donor, but from the rapist. At the same time, she grows close to a poor Roma family and develops feelings for their ten-year-old daughter . Anna witnesses a mysterious old ceremony, which she uses to explore the enigma in these people's lives. The thread of forgiveness, her most profound spiritual experience, runs parallel.