Elena, a theater director in love with her work, is 32 years old when she realizes that she cannot have children. Faced with a choice - to try to conceive in vitro with her beloved husband, the conductor Leon Mayer, or to adapt the theater program with which she transforms the lives of orphans in far Africa, Elena will rediscover the word "mother". The film is inspired by a true story.
Daria Simeonova
Elena
Leon Lučev
Daria Dimitrova
Victoria
Peris Wambui
Steve Mathias
Lamar Munene
Virginia Clay
Mrs. Schmidt
Euan Macnaughton
Burt
Thomas Zerck
Andreas
Elena, a theater director in love with her work, is 32 years old when she realizes that she cannot have children. Faced with a choice - to try to conceive in vitro with her beloved husband, the conductor Leon Mayer, or to adapt the theater program with which she transforms the lives of orphans in far Africa, Elena will rediscover the word "mother". The film is inspired by a true story.
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