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Where to hide when there's nowhere left to run? Sandrine is asked to empty her late grandmother's house on a small island near the Normandy coast. She soon discovers that its elderly inhabitants haven't left the island since their arrival as children during World War II. Sandrine can tell they are terrified of someone, or something. Yet, they refuse to leave the island. What happened to the children from the holiday camp that was suddenly shut down in 1949? And who was Sandrine's grandmother really?

Installée en Normandie depuis peu, Sandrine est priée d'aller vider la maison de sa grand-mère, une originale qui vivait seule sur une île minuscule, pas très loin de la côte. Lorsqu'elle débarque sur cette île grise et froide, Sandrine découvre une poignée d'habitants âgés organisés en quasi autarcie. Tous décrivent sa grand-mère comme une personne charmante, loin de l’image que Sandrine en a. Pourtant, l'atmosphère est étrange ici.

Dionysos Mavroulis is a man without a future: a man who embraces destiny and risks everything for love. A refugee from Asia Minor, he escapes Smyrna in 1922 disguised as an old woman. Alienated and plagued by feelings of remorse, he spirals into poverty and seeks solace in the hashish dens around Piraeus. Hitting rock bottom, he meets Aleko, an accomplished bouzouki player. Recognizing in the impoverished refugee a rare musical talent, Aleko offers to teach him the bouzouki.