Director: Aleksandra Czenczek
United Kingdom, Poland
2012, Blu-Ray, Color, 82’, İngilizce / with Turkish subtitles
Cast: Lara Belmont, Eden Nathenson, Daniel Sommerford, Barbara Joslyn

Faith left the child she had to give birth to after being raped, seven years ago, to her sister. As she expects her second child she wants to take the first one back but her boyfriend and her sister try to give the child up for adoption. Faith’s efforts to gain the trust of her daughter whom she has abandoned are unsuccessful. The only consolidation for Faith experiencing difficulties in accepting her past and present is the doll house of her childhood, the fantasy field where nothing bad can happen and where she played to be a mother...

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