The twins Eric and Iveine Friedlyand, along with their half-brother Martin, go to perform with their father for the show of a famous hypnotist. After the performance, Friedlyand Sr. disappears: he wants to be free and happy—and becomes a writer. His children are left to manage their own lives, but it seems their lives are governed by a force unknown to them—one that will bring events of one fateful day in August 2008.