Maximilian von Altenberg, an Austrian engineer, is sent to Sarajevo for a reconnaissance in the winter of '97. A friend introduces him to the mysterious Maša Dizdarević: Tartar eyes and long femurs, austere and wild, beautiful and inaccessible, widowed and divorced, with two daughters living far away from her. Something clicks. A powerful attraction that, however, doesn't have time to materialize. Max returns home and, no matter how hard he tries, three years pass before he finds her again. These are the three fateful years mentioned in "The Yellow Quince of Istanbul," the love song Maša sang to him. When they meet again, Maša is ill, but love is stronger than anything and finally ignites. From then on, a wind rises that stirs souls and senses, that draws tears and dreams. From then on, an adventure begins that will take Max to Maša's magical places, on a journey that is ritual, discovery, and resurrection.