What happens when you remove a small child from the culture she was born into? Do pieces of the origin culture stay with her, even though she left before the memories had set? Maria is German, and travelling in Argentina. At the airport in Buenos Aires she suddenly hears a children’s song. The song is in Spanish, but Maria knows the words... When she tells her father on the phone, he knows why. He immediately goes to Argentina, and together they try to find the truth about Maria’s background. The Day I Was Not Born is a quiet film that leaves deep impressions. lac