1997 & Elizabeth`s emigre parents approach retirement in straitened circumstances. Mutti has come up with a novel solution
- she is going to claim compensation from the Hungarian Government
- hard enough for someone with a clear mind, but near impossible for an impulsive heavy drinker teetering towards dementia. TV journalist Elizabeth is pursuing a story of child abduction in the Hassidic community. In the wake of her father`s sudden death & her mother`s increasing obsession with wartime Hungary she struggles to keep her job & her relationship. Then she gets a phone call to say that her mother has been arrested in Budapest. Elizabeth is forced to confront the nature of motherhood, love & loss as she puts together the clues to Mutti`s past & to the fate of the lost little girl.