Zara Zerny

People in their eighties and nineties, and even some centenarians, talk candidly and eloquently about love, loneliness, grief, life and death. A poetic, tender group portrait of a Danish generation slowly saying goodbye.

When Greta's husband dies, she is convinced that she will die from sorrow. But the heart has its own ways of surviving, and a sudden meeting with a couple of wise old ladies changes Greta's perspective.

Pernille is pregnant and filled with joyful expectations to her new life as a mother. But when her son arrives, she is pressured to the limit by his crying voice and her problems with breastfeeding. She starts to doubt her abilities as a mother. She seeks support and comfort from her far more experienced group of mothers, whom tries to help Pernille in the best way they can. But how can one become a great mother?