How far can we go when our loved ones' happiness and safety are at stake? “It wasn't supposed to be like that” tells the story of a woman whose right to see her own children was restricted after she divorced her husband. Alice, because that is the name of the main character, decides to take her daughter and son on vacation without her husband's consent, who, as a full guardian, reports the kidnapping. This is a film about the consequences of the choices we make. The director avoids an unequivocal assessment of her characters, rather closely observes them, and leaves the verdict regarding the rightness of their behavior to us.