"Ordeal by Truth" is the story of a family in which everyone is unhappy in their own way. Hannah is the daughter of an artist and a literature professor who more often participates in protest rallies against the Vietnam War than gives lectures. She always seemed too ordinary for such parents. After marrying a medical student and moving to a provincial town in Maine, Hannah suddenly realized that this was not the life she had dreamed of. Fate gives her a chance to change everything. But is it worth using? Thirty years later, Hannah's daughter disappears after an affair with a married man goes wrong. Under the weight of the misfortune that seemed to be strong, family life shows a noticeable crack. And the past very inappropriately reminds us of itself.