Julia and her sister Helen are both deaf. Whereas Julia is deeply involved in the hearing-impaired community, Helen has always inexplicably refused to learn sign language.
When Helen introduces her new hearing boyfriend, Michael, to Julia, she has no idea that she is starting something which will alter her life forever. And when, to make things worse, Michael becomes obsessed with learning to sign, the relationship between the two sisters takes a bad turn.
But what is the secret behind Helen?s rejection of the deaf community?
And what does Julia really have in mind?
The death of the sisters? mother will trigger a series of unexpected events, which will lead to the collapse of the world as they both knew it. And there is no turning back.