The story of Manusha, a nine-year-old Roma girl. When her beloved grandmother dies, Manusha’s parents are too preoccupied with basic survival to notice that strange things are starting to happen. It soon becomes clear to Manusha, however, that her grandmother is haunting the family home. With the help of Zdenko, the undertaker’s son, she tries to appease her grandmother’s restless, angry spirit. In the process, she begins to unravel her family’s tangled history, and discovers her long-lost grandfather – a man she never even knew existed.