Serena Segalle was born with a club foot, which made her record breaking status as a 400m sprinter that evermore impressive. Now she's in her thirties and has retired her track shoes along with her world of semi-professional athletics. Regardless of her promising career in physiotherapy, she finds herself struggling to cope in the shadows of her former glory as her affliction with early onset arthritis worsens.
In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.