In 1974, Dora (age 8) emigrated to Zurich with her parents, but at that time Swiss law prevented the children of immigrants from living with their families. Her hopes of moving to a big city were thus dashed. She was forced to live hidden away in the house, without making a sound. In the film, the testimonies collected during the research phase are transformed into narration and sequences of images that reconstruct the situations, emotions, and fantasies of the hidden children. To survive her loneliness and boredom, Dora creates a fantasy world: the sounds and colors of the outside world—which are inaccessible to her—stimulate her imagination and draw her into a fairy-tale realm. Everything we see is what she experiences, what she feels. The Switzerland that Dora dreams of—and that rejects her—is depicted through archival footage, which portrays a wealthy, industrious society where one can fulfill one’s potential, but also reveals the conditions to which immigrants are subjected and the sentiments of public opinion.