Successful doctor Artur Planck, his wife Clara and their two daughters are seeking shelter from the Nazis storming Poland when they happen upon a safehouse at a farm owned by Emelia, a widowed local. An impossible love triangle erupts as Emelia uncontrollably falls in love with Artur. Is such a fragile arrangement sustained by love – or is it just the will to survive the horrors of war? The answer to that question may not even be made known to those who make it out alive.