An account of the life and career of the painter Titian, active in Venice in the 1500s, his pre-occupation with expressions of color, and the way his work changed over time.

The film recounts the tragedy of Istrian and Dalmatian exiles following the post-war armistice. Maddalena is eighteen years old and lives in Canfanaro, Istria, dreaming of becoming a painter. First the fury of war and then Tito's partisans destroy her family and her dreams.

Rosa and Natalie, two journalism graduates, begin a photographic retreat in Villa Rosa, a huge farmhouse abandoned in the countryside. Once they arrive the two girls immediately feel a sinister air in the decrepit home and soon discover their feelings are not just superstitious.