South Africa, around Pretoria. The Swart family, wealthy Afrikaners, run a large farm here. Seemingly nothing makes them stand out. With time, however, it turns out that their fate was marked by death and a promise. We meet Swartów in 1986, on the day of Rachel's funeral. The one on her deathbed makes her last wish - she wants her husband Mana to hand over to Salome - their devoted black maid - the ownership of the house where the woman lives with...