Sweet, dreamy Annie Phelan arrives at the Dashell estate and is hired as a maid. She was very lucky - otherwise, either the workhouse or the panel awaited her. In this house, a young girl finds herself in a strange, semi-real world created by the imagination of its owners. Isabelle, an artist-photographer, and her slightly crazy husband Eldon Dashell accept her as a daughter. And here Annie’s amazing gentle soul opens up, like a timid flower, towards the sun. But the storm was not long in coming.