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A Dream For My Daughter

A Dream For My Daughter

…In Loss, Father Dreams.

20 min · Drama, Fantasy

Inspired by the tragic loss of Southeast Asians smuggled inside a shipping container in Europe, “A Dream for My Daughter” unfolds in Cambodia. It follows Pheak, a crab catcher, reeling from his daughter’s death abroad. Amidst his grief and the challenges of repatriating her body, an encounter with her spirit in a mangrove compels him to confront his sorrow and find closure.

Directed by Mauricio Osaki

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