A magical summer day: on the top of the hill, not far from the family farm, in a burning light that envelops an arid and superb landscape, Pascal, thirteen, meets a charming stranger. An intergenerational friendship immediately occurs between the man and the child. Together, despite the distrust of the people of the village intrigued by the unconventional attitude of the foreigner, they start to spend wonderful moments in the farm surroundings. Pascal is gradually letting a painful past resurface and finally reveals to his new friend secrets he had never dared to admit to anyone. How could he suspect the nightmare that awaits him?