The First Woman

Evas being allowed to leave the psychiatric institution shes lived in for six years After a long year of waiting the news arrive an assisted living residence is found for her Eva takes the first steps towards the normal life she longs for to find a job earn an income of her own visit her mother even find love While shes taking stock of her past and works on her selfconfidence as well as her trust in the outside world she also fixes firmly on her main goal to reconnect with the son she lost custody of 20 years ago and ask him to forgive her The First Woman is a film about second chances the search for normality and the borderline between lucidity and darkness