A solitary and 'faceless' young woman living with her dog becomes the target of neighbourhood slander. Her sudden suicide - and the earlier discovery of a dead foetus - fuels harsher speculation. Two neighbouring families, a young couple and an elderly father with his middle-aged bedridden daughter, confront their own fears and agony while discussing the girl's fate. Her ambiguous life and death expose a society quick to judge independent women yet capable of rare empathy.