In post-war Europe of 1946, following the end of World War II, reconstruction is not just physical, but emotional. The story follows Rachael, a mother who arrives in a devastated city in Germany. In an attempt to start anew, she reunites with her husband, Lewis, a British officer assigned to oversee the occupation. However, the house they have taken for their stay is not empty; it belongs to Stefan, a German who has lost everything. When Lewis decides to give him and his daughter a temporary home, the tension is palpable.