Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at the end of the 19th century, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. Her destiny becomes entwined with that of Geneviève, a nurse at the hospital.

Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.

Liza slowly replaces Melampo, Giorgio’s dog. While she accepts it, Giorgio forces her to wear collars and leashes.