Kogda detskiy psiholog Imodzhen Rid beretsya za delo odinnadtsatiletney Elli Atkinson, ona reshaet ne prislushivatsya k preduprezhdeniyam, chto devochka opasna.
Elli okazalas edinstvennoy vyzhivshey v pozhare, v kotorom sgorela vsya ee semya. Imodzhen uverena, chto otstranennost i zamknutost devochki estestvenny v takoy situatsii, a zlost - vsego lish vyplesk nakopivshihsya emotsiy.
Tolko priemnye roditeli i uchitelya ubezhdeny v obratnom. Kazhdyy raz, kogda Elli zlitsya, sluchaetsya chto-to plohoe. I ochen bystro malenkiy sonnyy gorodok napolnyaetsya zhutkimi spletnyami. So vseh storon pri poyavlenii devochki slyshitsya odno: Vedmy ne goryat...