This coming-of-age story follows Monika, a 13-year-old Lithuanian girl who has recently moved to Dublin with her mum and her demented granny. A passionate singer, Monika is pushing her mum, a professional pianist, to keep playing with her. Her mum now works in a fish factory to pay the bills. When they are invited to play in ‘The Castle’, Monika’s mum refuses and won‘t give Monika the 120 euros she needs for the trip either. Desperate and determined to go, Monika ends up kidnapping her own granny and demanding a ransom from her mum.
