在汤姆·法萨厄特30岁生日的时候，他收到了一封来自他95岁祖母玛丽安娜的神秘邀请——让他去南非拜访她。那时，他知道唯一与她有关的事情就是他父亲告诉他的与她有关的那些传奇和一些负面故事。祖母是一个饱经沧桑的人，她是20世纪50年代著名的女模特，同时也是一个把自己两个儿子送进儿童之家的母亲。法萨厄特决定接受她的邀请。但是因为外祖母意料之外的表白，让他的这段旅程变得前所未有的复杂。
        On his 30th birthday, Tom Fassaert receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother Marianne to come visit her in South Africa. At that time, the only thing he knows about her are the myths and predominantly negative stories his father told him. She was a femme fatale who went through countless men, a famous model in the 1950s, and a mother that put her two sons into a children's home. Fassaert decides to accept her invitation. But when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession, his venture becomes much more complicated than he could ever have imagined.