The unconditional love of a parasite Trying to get in touch with her daughter, who she had to leave as a baby, Eva (37) is torn between the need for recognition and fear of rejection. She even doubts if she has the right to tell Sandra (22) who she is… Trapped between her brutal father and controlling grandmother, Sandra has turned into a complicated young woman. But Sandra can’t leave. Her childhood dreams keep her in a tight grip; what if her mother suddenly turns up and she’s not there? As it happens, the young entomologist Karel (26) is in town this summer looking for a rare caterpillar. Sandra uses Karel to escape her family, and Eva uses Karel in her struggle to get in touch with Sandra. Drawn into Karel’s world of social ants and parasitic caterpillars, both women engage in an intimate relationship with him. Through Karel’s simultaniosly cruel and beautiful world of insects, mother and daughter manage to shake off the stigma created by society’s expectations, morals and conventions, thus finaly finding a common ground on which they can unite. |