Second grader Sylvie navigates the absurdities and emotional turbulence of her eccentric multigenerational Jewish matriarchy, a dad who lives far away and life gone virtual, seen through the lens of Sasha Levinson, her filmmaker, single mom. As Sylvie struggles through virtual school, expresses her strong wish for a baby sister or at least a dog, and interacts with a mom who never puts her camera down, Sasha finds new ways to connect with and raise...

Based on Amelie Nothomb's bestselling autobiographical novel, it details the culture shock when a Belgian woman arrives in Tokyo to work for a large Japanese multinational corporation.