In Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, many parents go to work abroad to give their children a better future. The children stay at home and grow up with other relatives. So does 12-year-old Cleopatra, who lives with her grandparents and lovingly looks forward to seeing her parents, whom she only gets to see a few times a year. Or Susanna whose mum works in Israel as a bedside nurse for an old woman.