KlaartjeQuirijnsoriginallysetouttodocumenttherapy.Shewasinterestedinthesessionsofafriend,MichaelMoskowitz,whowasunravellingalifetimeoffamilytraumainheritedfromthelegaciesofWorldWarII.Intheserarelyfilmedsessions,ledbyesteemedAmericanpsychotherapistKirklandVaughans,Klaartjebeginstounderstandthatalllivedexperienceisshapedthroughthelivesofourparents.
Intheultimatedisplayofvulnerability,Klaartjethendecidestoturnthecameraonherself,beginningajourneytounravelherownfamilysecrets.Shetracesthelineageofherstoryacrossthreegenerations–hermother,herselfandnowhertwodaughters.Meanwhile,Vaughanscontinuestoguideviewersthroughthecomplexitiesofthemind,showinghoweasyitistobecomecolonisedbythebehaviourofourparents.
Withtheuseofintimatefamilyfootageanddiaryfilming,Klaartjetakesusonajourneythatmanywillfindfamiliarandfamilial.InspiredbyPhilipLarkin'sfamedpoemThisBetheVerse,withitsfamousexpletive-ladenrefrainaboutparents,thisisanurturingexplorationofthepowerfuldynamicsfoundwithinfamilyrelationshipsandthewaysinwhichtheyshapeourlives.
