The film is set in the year 2000 following not only Helga and Traudi's journeys but the next two generations and how Beth, Helga's daughter and Emily her granddaughter are confronted with the long-term effects of Traudi's leaving. When Helga receives a letter telling her that Traudi is close to death, it is Emily with whom Helga shares the truth. Emily volunteers to accompany her to Vienna to meet the great-grandmother she thought was dead, and experience the unraveling of the darkest of family secrets.
Lucy Boynton
Emily
Juliet Stevenson
Helga
Karin Bertling
Traudi
Jodhi May
Beth
Stanley Weber
Serges
Elizabeth Webster
Dani
Abhin Galeya
Chris
Sevda Levent
Katerina
