Your Younger Daughter Rachel
"Official Selection at Cannes' Cinéfondation (2007)"
Synopsis
Rachel is experiencing a cruel adolescence, both at home and outside of it; her unemployed father unloading his frustration and rage upon his wife and daughter. Rachel attempts to handle her violent father and protect her mother. Defenceless and exhausted, she and her mother try to comfort one another while awaiting some compassion.
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