Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, ...
Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbour: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems to be able to resist all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she starts to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker than first anticipated – and that the woman she loves might be harbouring the biggest secret of all…
