Rich businesswoman Jayalakshmi is possessive over her only son Selvam. Janaki comes from a poor family and married Selvam with Jayalakshmi's approval. Jayalakshmi's possessiveness drives a wedge between Janaki and Selvam.
Allied to a four-year Daily Mirror campaign by John Pilger that helped achieve compensation for many of the forgotten and mostly working class victims of the notorious drug prescribed to women during pregnancy.
Kenan's wife is murdered by five people, and his daughter is sent to a children's home. Kenan kills four of his wife's five murderers, but is sent to prison and sentenced to 20 years.
A collage film, a dialogue between mother and the unborn child, the film can be seen as a personal self-analysis by René Paquot, who dreamily delivers his conflicts with maternal, medical and religious authority.