The movie is based on the self-biographical novel The One Who Lives Quietly by Leonora Christina Skov. It is an Oedipus the King story: you are born with a predestined fate which you cannot escape. Leonora’s fate is her social heritage. When her mother dies, her father persuades Leonora to come home to fulfill her mother’s role in the family. The father gaslights Leonora to believe that she is sick like her mother and must be protected by him. Leonora gets lost in her father’s reality, which she needs to change to break free.