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A young Rwandan woman returns to her family home in this Locarno award-winning drama that takes an unflinching look at domestic violence.

Rwandan filmmaker Myriam Uwiragiye Birara confronts the issues of domestic abuse, gender inequality and patriarchal expectation in this bold, visually bracing new short, which follows a young woman attempting to retreat from a violent situation by returning home. Winner of the Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Award at the Locarno Film Festival.