The story takes place at the end of World War I and in the period that followed. It focuses on an intellectual family from Temesvár with three sons.

The story of three women - a famous prostitute, her housekeeper and their new maid - living in Budapest of 1910s, whose passionate, bizarre and complex relationship can only lead to one thing: murder.

Burnt Out office worker, Mark is approached by the desperate father of Dóra who is struggling with ongoing depression, in the hope that Mark's alternative therapy program will help his daughter.