- The last three weeks of Lena's life cast light on her complicated relationship with her daughter, Miri, who came to Israel to say goodbye. Some time prior to that, Miri discovered that she was taken out of her mother's will, which puts the entire relationship in a new context for her. Can the last visit heal their relationship?
- Grandma Lena is celebrating her 99th birthday. The party is attended by her close family members, except for her daughter Miri, who's been living in the United States for the past 50 years. Around that time Lena's health is rapidly deteriorating and Omer, her grandson and the film's director, begins filming her. Through his intention to ask her about the unspoken parts of the family history, he hears stories about an ancient violent divorce and Lena's difficult childhood under the same roof with her mother. Lena is also occupied with giving Omer large sums of money, perhaps feeling too that her days are numbered. Omer asks Miri to come as soon as possible so she has the time to say goodbye to her mother. Miri lands in Israel and has a momentary difficulty finding her mother's apartment. Lena is also not quick to identify her daughter under the haze of her illness. When she does, the excitement is grand. Miri is shocked by her mother's condition and as a first priority calls a barber to come and cut Lena's hair at home. She immerses herself in taking care of her mother, prolonging her visit to be by her side in her last days. At the same time she's telling in her own voice how her mother cut her out of the will. From that moment on, it's like a pandora's box was opened, containing bits of Miri and Lena's past, that seems strongly tied to the family stories brought up before by Lena. Miri describes her deep painful sentiment of having gone through a process of divorce from her mother. She also tells stories of her childhood colored with painful memories, with such vividness and enthusiasm, as if it all happened yesterday and not over 70 years ago. This is the last time Miri will visit her mother. Can the experience of Lena's dying days wrap up a different ending to Miri's narrative, that she inherited in her childhood and has been carrying it since?
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