Maria documents her journey to the occupied Crimea in search of crucial answers: could her mother have a better life, and is there a way to help her get there?
"Birthmark" is the director's documentary journey, physical and metaphysical. Maria's mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when the girl was two years old. Now Maria documents her journey to the occupied Crimea in search of crucial answers: could her mother have a more bearable life and how to get there, why the illness becomes a stigma and what are the ways to being together, but not just physically. Maria in search of Mother, under the sign of a birthmark.
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