After years of helping euthanize the terminally ill, a "hospice" worker begins to question the ethics of her job.
A young Latvian boy's life faces changes as his country is occupied by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
On the day Maria commands her six-year-old son never to scream, John begins to perceive his mother's suppressed pain, as well as her intolerance for weakness. Ten years later, John's shameful secret will cause Maria to break her own rule.
