Ervin developed normally until he was 3 years old, but suddenly in just a few months the words and learned social skills vanished. At first only a few letters, then whole words and finally he became silent. Ervin is an observing portrait of a family with an autistic child we follow for a period of 2,5 years. we get an insight into a demanding everyday life and their vulnerability in facing the "normal" world. We follow the family in search of a new landscape to communicate in. A fragile borderland between giving up, and at the same time having hope and ambitions for the child and the future.