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On a desert road, a couple makes love in front of a monument where, a year earlier, four Palestinian workers had kidnapped their Israeli boss in a protest against the injustices of the Israeli occupation.

Ravit spends all of her time spreading her love wherever it is needed. During the day she cooks for hundreds of Tel Aviv's homeless. In the evenings she hugs abandoned babies in the birthing ward. Without human touch and the warmth of a hug, the abandoned babies won't develop properly and can even die. Ravit always wanted children of her own, but life dictated otherwise. As she turns 50, she decides that she too wants to be on love's receiving end, but that may prove to be a lot harder to find.

Ravit spends all of her spare time hugging abandoned babies. Without human touch and the warmth of a hug, the abandoned babies don’t develop properly and can even die. Ravit always wanted children of her own, but life dictated otherwise, so she feels that she needs to spread her love wherever it is needed. During the days she cooks for hundreds of Tel Aviv’s homeless and in the evenings she hugs abandoned babies in the birthing ward. As she reaches the age of 50, the routine of her life is suddenly cut and she understands that not only parentless babies need a hug to survive.

In an effort to help herself and others cope with the trauma of surviving the Nova Music Festival, tattooist Liraz designs a fractal tattoo to honour the lives of the victims and create meaning out of chaos.