A modern fairy tale that combines a love story and characters who barely speak, but act. The setting is inside a building housing a great, old pool that is falling apart. Anton, the young apprentice to his father, the master of the baths, is the lead character who grows up during the course of the story. His time is devoted to convincing his blind father that the pool is intact and full of customers. Anton is an eccentric loner who dreams of the open seas.