Ernest’s mother has passed away and his father has vanished, so the 10-year-old Ernest has been taken in by his grandmother. These days, his life is totally and utterly boring. An excellent student, Ernest is careful to keep his distance from his fellow classmates. That is, until the day a new student named Victoria turns up. She has thirteen brothers, so Ernest doesn’t impress her much. Yet, quite unexpectedly, she will wake him up from his monotonous existence and force him back to life…