Just before World War 1, the fifteen-year-old poverty-stricken Anne from a small Slovak town is sent to Prague to be a maid in a wealthy family. She meets Resi, the daughter of a noble family, who was born and raised to be an adornment and a trophy – of the house, of her family, of Austria-Hungary. Anne and Resi, two girls born in the same year, but at the other ends of the social ladder, find a soulmate in each other. They become best friends, lovers and the only light in a male-dominated world.

Hores abans de les noces, el nuvi desapareix. La núvia, amb l'ajuda de la seva mare, el seu padrastre, el seu pare i el seu amor platònic, s'embarca en una eixelebrada aventura per a trobar-ho.