| In their secluded farmhouse| a mother| formerly a surgeon in Portugal| teaches her daughter| Francisca| to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon|
a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca's family life| deeply traumatizing the young girl| but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to
her increasingly reticent father| Francisca's loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a
dark form.|