Elleveårige og stille Justas lever en sky tilværelse på landet med sin mor, som sidder i kørestol. Da Justas forelsker sig i en mystisk pige, opdager han sin mors hemmelighed.
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Eleven-year-old and quiet Justas lives a quiet life in the countryside with his mother, who is in a wheelchair. When Justas falls in love with a mysterious girl, he discovers his mother's secret.