Marta is a former professional diver. An injury forces her to renounce her career and return to her family home in Matera, a Medieval town surrounded by wild nature. There, she must face the death of her artist father. In the village also lives another artist, Sebastian, and his Japanese model who loves to portray in extreme poses that inevitably attract Marta's attention. She remains so impressed by these works that she opens the doors of her home to the model and begins a symbiotic and sometimes disturbing relationship with her.