STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

After many years apart, Emilie meets her brother Jakob again. She not only shares her sadness about the loss of their parents with him, but also a secret...
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.
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