Mrs Rubin

The 27year old intern at the psychiatry wards Sophie whos just graduated from med school faces the cruel reality and learns the story of the 45yearold resident of the ward Mrs Erme The professor Sophies mentor and the medical administrator of the facility sees Sophies obsession with her faces and brings the two women together As the doctorpatient relationship develops Sophie learns that Mrs Erme shares her obsession with her face and furthermore discovers that Mrs Ermes illness is closely connected to this obsession Through investigation and the torture of her own dreams Sophie learns that Mrs Erme had a son who at the age of ten died from chicken pox while his mother was too afraid to ruin her face by getting infected by the disease