Maria is a young girl from Nazareth. As a woman, everything is forbidden for her, even learning how to read and write. But she dreams of freedom and wisdom. In the synagogue, she gets excited about the stories from the Bible, just like Don Quixote with adventure novels. From the audacity of the prophets, she has learned disobedience, dreaming of escaping on a donkey and discovering the world. She finds in Joseph a teacher and a confidant. Their marriage is chaste, a screen, while he secretly educates her, preparing her for escape. But here comes an unexpected obstacle: Maria and Joseph fall in love. They are about to give in to passion when the angel of the annunciation ruins everything. God’s plan and Maria’s plan do not coincide at all.