Demetra, a young engineer who leads a gray life and dedicated exclusively to work, is called by the municipality of a small Apulian village for an appraisal on a land. Demeter finds herself catapulted into a fairytale dimension, out of the world; the country presents itself as a magical micro universe, in which social rules and human relationships are based on alternative models. Demeter is forced to stay longer than she should and discovers that on the that land, born Hypatia, a spontaneous plant with surprising beneficial powers, unique in the world and the basis of all local products. Displaced, confused and disturbed by the reality that surrounds her, Demeter is put to the test. That dimension manages to make the convictions and certainties of an entire existence collapse in her and to reveal mysterious coincidences.