Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their
vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another
for their own amusement.
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated,
retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in
Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's
bond of love is severely tested.
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during
the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is
responsible?