Set in rural Corfu in 1906, a hardworking but domineering patriarch becomes violently obsessed with a beautiful young woman. Desperate to trap her within his household, he forces her into an arranged marriage with his unsuspecting son. Once under his roof, the young bride becomes the target of his toxic, escalating lust, forcing the mother-in-law into a desperate silent alliance to protect her daughter-in-law and prevent a lethal blood feud between father and son.