In the Italian community in the Bronx of 1950, Clarissa, Catholic and uneducated, dies at the hands of her husband, a small-time drug dealer. Eve, his deaf and dumb daughter, is threatened with the same fate. Fran, a German refugee, teaches the child how to communicate through sign and photography. Marked by the unspeakable violence of Nazi barbarism, this woman protects Eve, channels her rebellion, and encourages her to exploit her talen. But can she protect the girl against her violent criminal father?
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