Ten years after the sordid crime they committed when they were children, Jacob and Ludo are released from prison. The two young men meet again under new identities through Minnie, a former runaway who rents her late newborn's room to Jacob. Searching for his brother in crime, Ludo sets up a studio next door. Three redemptions are possible: Jacob through martyrdom, Ludo through creation and Minnie through renewed desire.

"JACOB. - Where are you going? / MINNIE. - To work. At the Holy Child Hospital. In the laundry room. In the meantime. It's all a matter of time. I need time. / JACOB. - I understand. (Pause.) It's noble. A hospital. / MINNIE. - You could say that. / JACOB. - Do you think this Holy Child of yours would have a dirty job I could do? / MINNIE. - Why dirty? / JACOB. - Because I think I've been put on this Earth for that."