In a House, At Night

Alice and Lynn, mother and daughter, struggle with their existence in a women's shelter.

On Halloween night, in a women’s shelter, 7-year-old Lynn sulks about missing her old house and dares to leave her mother’s bed in a tantrum, hurting her. Separated and alone, the young girl re-encounters fear as witness of the asleep victims' nightmares, while Alice, her mother, dangerously ponders about calling back her husband so to give Lynn her family again…

2023

0h 22min

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Honor Davis-Pye
Lynn
Moa Myerson
Alice
Sarah-Louise Tyler
Sarah

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