Tells the story of three sisters, one of whom is dying of cancer, and their housekeeper. All are searching for sprirtual peace in a world that seems to offer only disorder and despair

A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above