Sissela Nelander

Mika, a woman caring for her husband Anders who has Alzheimer’s, navigates her own loneliness and need for intimacy. When Ossian, a man working in home care, enters their lives, something is stirred in Mika – a reminder of her own vitality and desire, but also an uncomfortable truth about her situation.

As the successful actor Ingrid arrives at her daughter's 35th birthday party, her unexpected return is not as well received as she has hoped. Instead, her years as an absent mother come to the fore and the gap between mother and daughter are felt to be an abyss.

A daughter attempts to pull the monster of her childhood out from under the bed in an original, deeply personal and creative film about her mother's mental illness.

Mika, a woman caring for her husband Anders who has Alzheimer’s, navigates her own loneliness and need for intimacy. When Ossian, a man working in home care, enters their lives, something is stirred in Mika – a reminder of her own vitality and desire, but also an uncomfortable truth about her situation.

As the successful actor Ingrid arrives at her daughter's 35th birthday party, her unexpected return is not as well received as she has hoped. Instead, her years as an absent mother come to the fore and the gap between mother and daughter are felt to be an abyss.

A daughter attempts to pull the monster of her childhood out from under the bed in an original, deeply personal and creative film about her mother's mental illness.