A true story from 1910s; the story of Edward who is hidden in an attic by his older lover, Krista. She is a bored housewife of a factory owner, Joseph. After the death of her son, she takes comfort by spending time with young Edward Broder, a teen employee of her husband's factory. Their relationship soon turns more serious, and the two become secret lovers. In an effort to conceal the relationship from her husband, she hides him in her attic. Their affair lasts over 20 years, despite her eventual boredom and lack of devotion to her enslaved and now obsessed lover. The strange situation comes to a head one night when Edward and Krista's husband have a violent confrontation.