Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet.
Alice is one of a group of obsessed recreational swimmers for whom their local swimming pool has become the centre of their lives - a place of unexpected kinship, freedom, and ritual. Until one day a crack appears beneath its surf...
L'évocation des camps de concentration aménagés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale sur le territoire des Etats-Unis où se retrouvèrent, après l'attaque de Pearl Harbour, des citoyens américains d'origine japonaise.
