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Seven years ago, Jialing's son passed away in a mountain accident. On the same day seven years later, Jialing prepares to set out for the mountain where her son was last seen, carrying his camera with her. However, she must pack in the dark and set off in secret to avoid waking her abusive husband, who forbids her from going out to climb.
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Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.