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The filmmaker Maria Lang reads out of her diary, which she has been writing since 1991, after her move to the countryside to take care of her mother. In 2005, Ute Aurand began filming Maria´s daily nursing of her mother, now 96-years-old. Every morning Maria opens the windows, places the mother in the wheel-chair, washes and dresses her, combs and braids her long white hair. It is repeated day after day, but every day is different. "The presence of the filmmaker is visible in the camera movements and in the editing rhythm. Admiration and discretion are sensed. We enter into the intimacy of mother and daughter through the eyes of a friend. The silent images create an occasion for attentive observation and balanced awareness." Robert Beavers