Thirteen-year-old Fre lives a sheltered life with her single father in Addis Ababa. The two have a lot of fun together and her father is proud of his self-confident daughter. Even his tentative relationship with a woman who wants to marry him as soon as possible does not throw Fre off course. She is curious about her own life and the world outside, and her older friend Sarah is a close ally and role model. One evening, Fre receives a visit from three young men she met through her friend. Then something terrible happens that completely throws Fre and her father off course and destroys their perfect world forever.