Lannée du capricorne

January 1957 in a small town in the Frenchspeaking part of Switzerland A middleclass house the home of two sisters Clara and Thérèse whose characters could not be more different After their father is institutionalized the two women take over the family business which specializes in precision optics One day the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites Karoly a Hungarian refugeee and jackofalltrades is hired to repair the damage The Hungarians presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters