When strangers appear outside her window and lure her mother away, seven-year-old Sophie follows.
Collaborating with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths, 2020 BAFTA Newcomer and Berlinale Talent Campus alumna Alies Sluiter crafts a disquieting, quasi-surrealist tale of bravery and grief.
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The film's tagline is: "When strangers appear outside her window and lure her mother away, seven-year-old Sophie follows."
The film was directed by Alies Sluiter.
The screenplay was written by Alies Sluiter.
The score was composed by Olga Wojciechowska.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt15181766.
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