In unfortunate circumstances, he becomes trapped in a restaurant bathroom with Mina (Alba Rohrwacher), who works at the Italian embassy.

She is taken to the hospital, where an ultrasound is performed and Mina and Jude are informed that their baby is not receiving adequate nutrients to grow.

She decides to employ only alternative medicine, going so far as to visit a psychic who informs Mina that her fetus is an Indigo child.

Trusting her maternal instincts, Jude does not initially intervene in Mina's self-inflicted undernourishment and shunning of western treatment options.

Mina continues to undernourish herself and her unborn child, and when it is time for her to give birth, contractions do not begin due to her malnourishment.

Because of her growing obsession with purity and cleanliness, Mina does not allow outsiders to touch her baby without first washing their hands, requires all cell phones be left at the bottom of the entryway stairs, and keeps the infant on a vegan diet.

Jude discovers that Mina, gaunt and withered herself, has been feeding the baby an anti-nutrient oil, preventing him from absorbing food.

He visits a lawyer, who advises him to take the infant somewhere he can be safe, and obtains a court order prohibiting Mina from being the child's primary caretaker.

Mina appears from behind the officer, accompanied by other authorities, and takes their child back to New York City despite Jude and his mother's desperate pleadings.

Mina takes the infant to the boardwalk where she and Jude were married, and the two spend the day quietly observing the ocean.

A police interview is shown revealing that Jude's mother killed Mina to ensure the safety of her grandson, accepting the punishment she will receive as a result.