Directed by Eli Cohen, the film was shot on location in Kfar Avraham, Petach Tikvah, Israel.
The film chronicles the life of ten-year-old Aviya, whose warm, loving, and fiercely independent mother, Henya (played by Almagor herself), is tortured by periodic mental breakdowns.
Henya's psychological and emotional scars stem from her horrid experience during the Holocaust, and from the loss of her husband during the war.
Henya was once considered to be a beautiful and courageous partisan fighter, yet now she is constantly mocked by native Israelis for her erratic behavior.
She walks the thin line between sanity and madness, attempting to forge a life for herself and her daughter in the new realities of Israel.