In her late teens, Virginia travels north with her father to join the Kopps. When the meeting with their English friends promises a peaceful vacation, the stellar appearance of an unexpected guest will truncate all their plans: Bertrand is a sculptor and performer, in all probability suffers from some mental disorder, and is obsessed with the idea that "sculptures are ephemeral». Visionary and insane, wrapped in an aura of charisma and danger, Bertrand sows confusion in Virginia's life, which she ends up allowing herself to be dragged into ambiguous, unexplored territory.