Mika Kaurismäki, elokuvaohjaaja

In the 1950's through the 1970's, any perhaps beyond, an unknown number of children in Franco's Spain were stolen and sold in a program believed to have been known to or even backed by the Franco government and the Church. The cruelty of such a program is reflected in the faces and stories of the victims. This is their story as told by the victims themselves.

Cochava, a drug addict living a criminal life was forced to make the hardest decision of her life, when she placed her daughter Sivan, at 5 years old into foster care. The Tamari family welcomed their new daughter with love into a family of 4. Cochava spent 25 years in out of prison over the next 30 years of her life while her daughter Sivan was raised in a religious kibbutz. Their only contact being through a series of emotional letters and random encounters through isolated meetings. Seven years ago, Cochava was released from prison and started her rehabilitation process. In 2011, Sivan saw that her mother was falling into a new crisis and made a life changing decision to make a home together in Tel Aviv For the first time in over 2 decades their paths intertwined founding the first true Rehabilitation of Cochava This is their Story.

A hard old rock, a hard old man. He, unyielding to people, society, history, system, fate, surroundings and even himself. Threatened by history and reality, in each tough situation, he took every brave acts.

When an ordinary teen commits an extraordinary crime, two families and a community are desperate for answers. How did things go so horribly wrong and when is 'typical' not OK?