Retired organist and music teacher, Andreas Borg, discovers that his first true love, Claire, lives in the same city as he does. Fifty years after they shared a passionate love affair in post-war Belgium – when he was a young student of music and she was the daughter of an Australian diplomat – Andreas writes her a letter.

Claire hesitatingly responds to his plea to meet again, and it soon becomes evident that their love has not faded. Nothing feels as if it has changed; yet everything inevitably has. Knowing that time is precious, they embark on an affair as recklesse, intense and tempestuous as when they were young lovers.