Growing Pains

Growing Pains

2025 · 18 min · Family, Drama

The relationship of a grieving father and daughter is tested when they are forced to navigate the daughter’s first menstruation cycle without her mother.

Directed by Jessica Rai · Written by Jessica Gan

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