In the city of Taipei, a man, Abbas, is relentlessly
looking for a young French girl who disappeared years ago.
His Taiwanese partner tries her best to bring him
out of the state of drowsiness that guides his wandering.
But Abbas carries within him the obsessive memory of tragic events...

Seven years earlier. Abbas and Clara live together in a mountain village
cut from the world and deserted by its population.
The couple survives in the constant threat of a devastating virus.
The people who become infected with the disease are suffering
from disturbing behaviour. On her part, Clara bears her isolation
even less since Abbas appears particularly cold and distant with her.

One day, in he woods,
Abbas discovers a child who hides her mother affected by the disease...