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At the age of 19, Filipina Maria is married off to a German farmer – at the insistence of her own mother. More than thirty years later, her daughter breaks the silence in the family and reveals a trauma that has affected three generations. Is marriage proof of love or an instrument of power? In the phenomenon of “bride-to-order,” in which women are procured through catalogs or the Internet, love becomes an obligation, a quid pro quo. The relationships that arise from this have consequences that go far beyond two people. Kathrin's family is marked by silence, conflict, and emotional distance. She grew up with a mother who did not marry her husband, Kathrin's father, for love. As a young woman, she comes from Manila to a Bavarian village and marries a farmer twenty years her senior—with no ticket back. Today, shortly before her own wedding, Kathrin is searching for answers. She talks to her mother, travels to the Philippines, and meets her grandmother. In the process, a pattern emerges across three generations: women who seek love and yet pass on harshness. A trauma is revealed—between continents, bodies, and generations. Can understanding heal when the silence ends?
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