Äiti

A woman who has spent years traveling with an anatomical collection returns to live with her son, and their uneasy reunion reveals social embarrassment and conflicting obligations. He is uncomfortable with her exotic manner and the companion who accompanies her, while she struggles to set her affairs in order and to be seen as respectable. Scenes among acquaintances and in the domestic sphere expose tensions between filial duty and personal aversion, tracing how past independence, public performance, and worn vitality collide with expectations of propriety, care, and emotional restraint.