In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, a young woman goes to therapy.
This is Etty Hillesum.
At the age of 27, driven by a profound desire for life, Etty embarks on a spiritual and emotional journey, all chronicled in her diaries. In them she unfolds her turbulent love affair with the psycho-chirologist Julius Spier, a relationship that becomes the catalyst for a radical inner transformation, accelerated by the growing threat she faces as a Jewish woman, which ultimately leads her to an enormous act of solidarity.
Her diaries were first published only 40 years later. Since then, they have been translated into over 20 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. Told in an unconventional way, the series offers a dialogue between past and present, revealing how Etty's strive for meaning continues to resonate today, and evoking the timely question: how do we find hope in a hopeless world?

A production by Les Films Du Poisson, Komplizen Serien, Topkapi Series, and Quiddity in co-production with Arte France, SWR, in collaboration with RBB, in association with Studio TF1, Anton, and Sipur Studios. Funded by Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Creative Europe Media, Medienboard-Berlin-Brandenburg, German Motion Picture Fund, NTR, and Centre National Du Cinéma Animé.