Josephine Nilsson dies trying to terminate her second pregnancy after giving up for adoption her first child, Carl T. Dreyer. A gender and class story about the clandestinity of female desire.

There are 57 net makers working on the coast of the Basque Country, continuing a traditional craft as if time had stood still. With their hands covered in salt, they weave silently, without stopping. They are part of the sea and its mystery. The warning signal of a ship breaks the night, a lighthouse illuminates everything with its light, a sailor drifts through the thoughts of the water, and hands dance and dance until they merge with the nets.