The 1930s. Ruth Stein is a beautiful woman, married and unsatisfied. She lives with her family in Heidelberg. She has a tempestuous affair with Robert, a young doctoral student in physics. Robert senses where the wind is blowing and moves to Palestine, while Ruth remains behind in Europe, above which a dark could is hovering. A surprising turn of events brings Ruth to immigrate in the footsteps of her lover, but can they reignite their old love in Palestine before the State of Israel?