约瑟芬·尼尔森（Josephine Nilsson）在送养第一个孩子卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶（Carl T. Dreyer）后，于试图终止第二次妊娠时去世。这是一个关于性别与阶级的故事，关于女性欲望的隐秘，以及它脱离母职束缚的企图。Josephine Nilsson dies trying to terminate her second pregnancy after giving up for adoption her first child, Carl T. Dreyer. A gender and class story about the clandestinity of female desire and its attempt to emancipate itself from motherhood.