Our story begins in 1985. The Macaluso sisters (Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella) are five very young, orphaned siblings who live in and work from a rooftop apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves out for ceremonies of all manner. During a rare beach outing by the sisters a shocking catastrophe transpires. That single event will change the course of the relations between the sisters for the rest of their lives.