Until the moment she had read the letter, Hoffnung was for her an extinct place that belonged to a previous life. The mere mention of that name made her stomach tingle and caused a bitterness that was not pleasant. He had relegated Hoffnung along with other annoying or uninteresting matters... 'When Maria Von Moritz receives an offer to sell Hoffnung, her childhood home to which she has not returned for more than forty years, memories are rushed. Determined to get rid of the house, Maria begins travel preparations to carry out the sale. However, without being able to avoid it, she will be involved, once again, in the disturbing, obsessive and claustrophobic universe of the Von Moritz.