Silence is not always golden. Mimi collects maybe-mothers. She photographs older women who resemble her: the hair color, the curve of the nose, the profile. Her own mother died at her birth, at least that's what Mimi's father says, with whom the 14-year-old has grown up alone. But where do the fragments of memories swirling through Mimi's mind come from? As a small child, dancing barefoot through the snow with her mother. Her mother's voice, the suitcase in her hand. Is Mimi just imagining all of this? And then comes that summer that changes everything: Mimi runs away to finally discover the truth.