A little girl worships at a shrine to her dead mother, who she barely remembers. An absent-minded, but kindly seeming foreign scientific sort, lives a lonely life in a big mansion researching drugs, and brushing off the advances of women who want to share his life.
I just watched this movie a few minutes ago and do not understand the picky reviews or the story description that doesn't really define the movie. This is not a spoiler because you find this out at the beginning of the movie.