Hannah, Juhanna, and Anna, three generations of daughters of a harsh northern country Their disposition is like the waters of a lake near the ancestral manor at an old mill on the Swedish-Norwegian border. Emotional moderation borders on coldness. Marital fidelity and childishness coexist with the inability to find a common language with the closest. However, it is difficult to find so many different women of the same family .. Hannah's earthiness, born of a hungry childhood, the sensibility and extraordinary gift of Johanna's imagination, the desire for roots and Anna's independence... Yes, they are different, but the problems they face in life are surprisingly similar and become almost fatal.