Adult narrator, (Sami Frey) recalls his mysterious childhood at a mountainside hotel which he shared with his mother, grandmother and the hotel's guests. The hotel is host to a series of interesting guests, from the actress, Sarah Bernhardt (Paredes), an anarchist assassin (Chaplin), torch singers and seductive women.<ref name=dsc>[http://www.daniel-schmid.com/2_movies/off.php ZWISCHENSAISON/HORS SAISON (OFF SEASON), 1992] Variety. 22 August 2011</ref>