The only time Maria feels liberated is when she is playing the organ. Bach’s music is something you feel in your gut. At home she bears the brunt of responsibility – both for her rebellious sister Hannah, two years her junior, who is busy planning her escape from the village, and for her father, Johann.
Maria and her sister Hannah are living with her father in the southern German province. When a carpenter on the road shows up, Maria falls in love. But a dark family secret keeps her away from him. Hannah decides to liberate her sister.