In reference to Dürer's "Great Piece of Turf", the film unites contradictions between analogue/digital, natural/artificial and attempts to create a physical experience of nature in a cinema space.
Ethel's childhood ends abruptly when her mother flies away, leaving Ethel alone to care for her younger siblings in their isolated homestead in Hairy Hill.
At the bottom of the sea, between the rocks and coral, primitive seaweed gently sways, lulled by the muffled sound of rolling currents. High above on the surface of the water, something extraordinary has just appeared: a voice.
For small children, the world is full of mystery and they need the help of an adult to navigate it. Or maybe it is the adults who, in the company of children, rediscover the magic in everyday life?