Naples, Florida
In 1997, the author’s family illegally emigrates to Florida, in search of a better life. They settle in a small apartment, celebrate their first Christmas, and soon the mother starts working as a housekeeper. As the mother juggles three jobs to outrun their debt, the distance between her and her family grows, eventually leading to a psychological breakdown and hospitalisation. Decades later, as she approaches the age her mother was then, the filmmaker hopes to find answers in archival material and in conversations with her mother today.