Martha has a love affair with the married Sebastian and is expecting his child, but he doesn't want to leave his wife and child under any circumstances. She feels like a dysfunctional outsider compared to her strong, successful mother and her sister, who lives in seemingly secure circumstances. She is also ignored in her job as an employee of a music agency and her ideas are exploited. In this situation, Martha decides to give her child up for adoption at birth - a decision that drags her into a maelstrom of conflicting emotions.