Jesse, a 12 year old, has just arrived in a rather conservative rural village with her less than understanding father and her 'delightfully' normal little sister. Fascinated with insects and barricaded behind her helmet, she doesn't fit the traditional role of girls her age, who are thrilled to welcome her with a rain of meatballs. This moving film evokes the hardship of the passage from childhood to adolescence through the beautiful character of a tomboy... or a full-blown woman ?!
