A single mother Dalia works at an alternative radio station, and has a mother who is a botanist. The story is divided in sections with placecards showing different plants with remedies for symptoms that refer to the events or emotions of the film.
Dalia often writes down phrases or words she hears that she finds interesting, sticking them on her wall or in books or even writing on the walls themselves, which later is reflected in signs she posts for her mother to remember what things are when the older lady begins to suffer from Alzheimer's. Her mother's quick decline leaves Dalia at a loss of how to help her and Dalia becomes more and more frustrated.
This film was about Dalia's emotional struggle but did not really show any other point of view, or any real attempts by her to help her mother. I think she just did not have the temperament to take that responsibility and took a somewhat easy way out instead of truly dealing with the problem. Like several of the other films I saw that year at the fest, it shows a problem but no solution.
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