Irmena Chichikova

On 10 November, 1979 - 10 years before the collapse of Communism in Europe, Boryana is determined not to give birth to a child in Communist Bulgaria. The only thing Boryana longs for is to escape to the West. But despite her attempt to protect herself from unwanted pregnancy, her baby survives... Unwanted, Viktoria is born with no umbilical cord to connect her to her mother and thus proclaimed "the baby of the decade".... (imdb)

Smart, angry, self-reliant Dida (15) will stop at nothing to achieve a single tangible goal – to buy a plane ticket so she can join her estranged mother in the United States.