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On a sunny beach, Alba, 9 years old, plays to the rhythm of the waves under the watchful eye of her father. In the sweetness of this maritime silence, father and daughter find themselves complicit to the rhythm of the father's gentle kisses. However, in the murmur of the waves, Alba perceives discomfort.
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On a sunny beach, Alba, 9 years old, plays to the rhythm of the waves under the watchful eye of her father. In the sweetness of this maritime silence, father and daughter find themselves complicit to the rhythm of the father's gentle kisses. However, in the murmur of the waves, Alba perceives discomfort.
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