An act of violence results in the pregnancy of a thirteen-year-old Sicilian girl. The village priest arranges for the baby to be adopted by a couple in a nearby town where the child, a musical prodigy, grows in an opulent, but cold environment. Not in tune with her adoptive parents, she yearns to know her biological parents, and she meets her mother whose life was shaped by hatred and anger since the day she was raped. The father is unaware of the birth, and his whereabouts are unknown. In a twist of fate, the girl discovers her father, but untold secrets and hidden truths lead to near tragedy.