Maria has achieved a lot in her life, both professionally and privately. But she and her husband Peter have not managed to have a child after years of trying. After another miscarriage, which this time is particularly dangerous, the doctor tells her that she is now too old to become a mother. Maria suffers greatly from the diagnosis; moreover, she keeps hearing the voice of her deceased baby in her head. She still wants to become a mother and decides to take drastic measures. Because adoption is out of the question for Peter and Maria has heard in the office that young mothers in the city of Cheb are selling their newborns out of financial need, she travels to the Czech Republic head over heels and without informing her husband. On the way, she pays the day labourer "Petit" to help her contact the desperate mothers...
Maria has achieved a lot in her life, both professionally and privately. But she and her husband Peter have not managed to have a child after years of trying. After another miscarriage, which this time is particularly dangerous, the doctor tells her that she is now too old to become a mother. Maria suffers greatly from the diagnosis; moreover, she keeps hearing the voice of her deceased baby in her head. She still wants to become a mother and decides to take drastic measures. Because adoption is out of the question for Peter and Maria has heard in the office that young mothers in the city of Cheb are selling their newborns out of financial need, she travels to the Czech Republic head over heels and without informing her husband. On the way, she pays the day labourer "Petit" to help her contact the desperate mothers...