Leonie is taken by her readings of Italian author Anna Maria Ortese and brings along her friends, Florian, Alejo and Hanna, into a reading group. Seasons go by, and life unfolds for these characters through a beautifully portrayed quotidian simplicity. Conversations, encounters, life shifts. Ortese is both an anchor and a horizon, taking us into a reflection on the intersections between literature, history and life, with the gentleness of friendship as a form for such inquiry.