A young girl takes refuge in the woods to escape her mother's rages. Here she reenacts scenes of her physical and sexual abuse using stuffed dolls. It seems she wants her late father back, despite the sexual abuse, for at least he loved her. Now all she has left is her physically and mentally abusive mother.
Nina Goncharova
Yelena Sanayeva
A young girl takes refuge in the woods to escape her mother's rages. Here she reenacts scenes of her physical and sexual abuse using stuffed dolls. It seems she wants her late father back, despite the sexual abuse, for at least he loved her. Now all she has left is her physically and mentally abusive mother.
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