Synopsis
Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980. DesirΓ©e lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother.
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