SYNOPSIS
Natasha, a Ukrainian migrant in Italy, is not an ordinary caregiver, she is an undertaker who provides repatriation services to families of deceased Ukrainian migrants. Alongside her husband Sergei, she has run this niche business in Milan for over a decade. Natasha handles the emotional toll of her work with rare resilience, maneuvering around bureaucratic hurdles, comforting grieving families, preparing and transporting the deceased for their final journey, all while sharing the struggles of migrant life. Sergei does all the driving and grumbles about the quality of their personal life: the lines between their work and family are completely blurred. 
When Ukraine is invaded in 2022, Natasha’s life is thrown into chaos. Her home in Kharkiv, containing all the physical artifacts of her family’s life, is destroyed. All contact with her father is lost for six agonizing months. Meanwhile Sergei, overwhelmed with stress, adds to Natasha’s burden by bringing his ex-wife and daughter to live with them in Milan.
Just as her life in Italy swells with tension, Natasha receives a call that her father is alive. She rushes to Ukraine only to arrive in time to say goodbye before he passes away. This loss devastates her in ways she hadn't anticipated. Returning to a war-torn Kharkiv, Natasha finally finds the space to mourn - not only for her father but for all the unspoken sorrows her work has accumulated over the years.
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