Twenty-year-old Nawojka dreams about escaping the harsh life on the family farm. When rebellious Sandra enters her life, Nawojka starts to experience transcendent visions and mysterious powers — just like her deceased mother…  

After years spent in Israel, working as a housekeeper for her wealthy employers, Mila returns to her village in Poland. She quickly realises that time has changed everything. Mama is an intimate story about a woman at a crossroads, and the price we pay for our dreams. Coming home can be the greatest challenge of all.

The film is an adaptation of a book by Bruno Schulz. Józef visits his father in a mysterious sanatorium in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. The father is dead, but the sanatorium clocks have been turned back. Doctor Gerard explains to Józef that it is a special way of caring for the dead — to keep them believing they are still alive. At this sanatorium, their lives are not...