This psychohistorical documentary tells of Imbi Paju’s mother and aunt, the twin sisters Aino and Vaike, women who grew up under Stalinism, the Soviet occupation, and the terror of the Soviet regime.
One means of self preservation was to deny one’s memories. The memories of a violent past only reemerged 60 years after their time in Stalin’s prison camps. In this film, the author reveals her mother’s painful past, as well as the trauma of Estonia as a whole. This unresolved past is passed down through the generations, because it is still difficult to talk about the past.