What makes people want to blow themselves up for a cause? This intimate portrait shows two young female elite soldiers trained for the ultimate mission. We share their childhood experiences, their dreams and their families' loss. Left behind are the mothers.

Beate Arnestad, has for 25 years worked in NRK in a lot of different roles, working out of Egypt, Turkey, Kenya India, China, Singapore, Thailand, USA and several European countries. She directed several documentaries and feature film, awarded worlwide. Her first documentary as a director, Where the waves sing, documented the little known role of Norway in colonial India/Sri Lanka.