For as long as they can remember, twin sisters Emilija and Ona have lived with their mother in a former warehouse in the now-popular Williamsburg neighborhood of New York. With the death of their mother—a Lithuanian artist, feminist, and dancer—the twins must confront some stark realities: the landlord wants them out of the property, and Ona is pregnant. While they grieve, reminisce, and discuss the future, they set to work preserving their mother’s memory, by whatever means they can.
Filmmaker Fanny Texier followed the pair intermittently over a period of three years, a time of intense emotion and change, including the arrival of Ona’s son. The two seem barely aware of the camera; they argue, get emotional while watching old footage, and lose themselves when playing the piano. A picture emerges of the bond between the two sisters, and of their loving relationship with their mother, who adopted them. The backdrop to this family portrait is the gentrification of the neighborhood and changes in society that leave less and less room for unconventional ways of life.
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