Based on a Hans Christian Anderson fairytale, “The Story of a Mother”. On a frigid winter night, a young mother nurses a sick child, hoping it will live through till morning. A stranger appears at her door, asking for shelter from the cold. She takes him in, but no sooner does she close her eyes, than the man and her daughter are gone. For the stranger was Death, and he has taken her child. The mother does not give up, but races against Death, trying to reach the other shore before he does. But what price will she be willing to pay to save her daughter?
