Following the death of her husband, Marianne, who has suffered with alcoholism for a long time, finds seven gorgeous diamonds in his safe. When she examines them, Marianne, who was once an ambitious jewel broker, finds a part of herself that was lost. These stones are sought and lusted after. Despite the rising pressure around her, Marianne refuses to give the diamonds away; they’ve become, somehow, part of the enigma of her life.