Maria strives to balance parenthood and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, frequently travels for work. One day they get into an ugly argument, which led Sigmund to eventually ask her for a divorce. This revelation propels her into a torrent of grief, anger, and unconscious memories from her own past. Maria eventually realizes that part of the key to understanding her situation lies in her relationship with her own mother and her internal self-image. Through a deeper confrontation with her mother, she finally connects with herself in a way she never knew she lacked. When she meets her husband for a conversation, the pain of abandonment is no longer the same.