The portrait of Rita, a mother of six, who believes that her own mother has always rejected her. As an adult, she decides to pressure her mother to be present in her grandchildren's lives, as a way to make up for the past, while dealing with other dramas: a trip to Belgium to meet the father she never met and the subsequent deportation to Germany, where she serves a long prison sentence. A portrait of the social expectations associated with maternity, Madonnen proposes a reflection on the heavy consequences and moral reproches suffered by women who are unable, or unwilling, to live up to such expectations.