Circumstances force Cinthy Donnelly to leave New York and go as a companion to a young girl to Sardinia, with which she has many unpleasant and even tragic memories. Once upon a time, Cinthy experienced disappointment in love here, which was caused by her rogue husband who ruined her. Full of gloomy forebodings, she settles into the luxurious castle of her employer, Viscount Felice de Balzano. The owner of the house immediately makes it clear that this is not America with its freedoms and women's emancipation. However, Sinti is not going to put up with the medieval way of life floating here and resists it with all her might...