Ruth from Greenland has spent almost half her life in prison – the last 12 years in indefinite detention, trapped in a legal limbo between Greenland and Denmark. But one day she meets Nina who is visiting the prison as part of a film project. The meeting is the start of a deep friendship between the two women across the walls. Despite their vastly different life situations, they discover that they share more than they first thought. Slowly, they realize that they can help each other break free from the trauma of the past and the shackles of prison.