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 The film follows Alice, an Anglo-Sicilian woman living with her loving partner in England. Navigating a country she doesn’t truly feel a part of, Alice grows isolated and nostalgic of Sicily - where she was raised by her grandmother in her youth. 

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An unforeseen pregnancy shakes her day-to-day life. Alice cultivates a feeling of inadequacy - a product of generational trauma - and doesn’t feel ready to have a baby. She quickly realises that in order to begin to create a family, she needs to confront her own. Alice impulsively decides to visit her estranged mother Elena and reconnect with her after years apart. 

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At first, bitterness and hurt get in the way and the two women argue - having become strangers to one another. However, Alice soon finds a stack of old letters her mother wrote when she was her age and pregnant, slowly revealing how similar the two women actually are, drawing a parallel between their experiences.