South African journalist Monica Brunetti is carjacked and
shot after visiting an AIDS orphanage in Soweto. When she
awakes, she is in an all-black hospital surrounded by
languages she does not understand. The woman in the next
bed, vivacious returned exile, Ella Nkhoma, takes her
under her wing, and through their friendship, Monica is
able to face her past and find purpose for her future.
Ella leads Monica to believe that she is in hospital
because of a bad bout of bronchitis, but she is actually
suffering from AIDS, and though she brings a cheerful
spirit to the hospital ward, she agonizes constantly over
what will happen to her two young sons when she dies. The
remarkable, transformative friendship between these two
women allows them to find what they are looking for; both
find their own unique road home.
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