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An old house in the center of Rome, a refuge for two lonely people. He' s English, middle-aged, withdrawn and eccentric while she' s a young African woman in her early 20s, burdened with worries and hopes. Kinsky hides behind his piano, with music as his only companion. Shandurai comes from far away and finds refuge in Kinsky's house, which she cleans, in exchange for a room. Their lives interlink in a game of attractions and refusals, of secrets and allusions, appearance and truth, doubt and certainty. An old house, a man, a woman, and a piano. And through the window, a glimpse of a stormy springtime at the end of the century.