Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

2006 · 59 min · ★ 4.3 · Drama

A chamber play taking place around Christmas, where Liv, her brother and mother are to celebrate Christmas together. The father has recently left the family and 14 year-old Liv cannot accept that Christmas is not what is used to be. Liv does her best in order to keep both family and Christmas together, but when her mother invites a young colleague to celebrate Christmas with them a painful struggle for power between Liv and her mother takes place.

Directed by Heidi Maria Faisst · Written by Heidi Maria Faisst

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