Plot

Nine year-old Gina craves family warmth while her single mother Gitte, expecting a fourth child, loses herself in parties and alcohol. Gina fights against poverty and neglect, determined to break free from her circumstances.

Nine-year-old Gina yearns for the warmth of a real family, but her mother Gitte is struggling to cope with the demands of single parenthood and an impending fourth child. Seeking refuge in excessive parties and alcohol, Gitte risks losing the one thing that keeps her going: her children. As Gina fights against the backdrop of generational poverty, neglect, and lovelessness, she refuses to accept that her fate is predetermined by her birthplace. This is a three-generation family portrait told through the eyes of a determined nine-year-old girl, who is determined to break the cycle and find stability and hope amidst the challenges of her upbringing.

In the rundown rental house on the outskirts of town, nine-year-old Gina not only takes care of her little brothers, but also her pregnant mother Gitte. She finally wants to make a real father figure out of Gitte's on-again, off-again boyfriend and wants to turn Gitte's mother into a loving grandma. Gina fights against hopelessness, neglect, and the child welfare office, for the baby in Gitte's belly and for herself. A female three-generation drama told through the eyes of a child who refuses to let fate dictate her future.—Film-AG