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[Solved] Looking for short film about a girl who plays with her puppet in a cave

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 2:29 pm
by Yurko
I think I've seen this short controversial film mentioned before somewhere on this forum, but I can't find the name of the film anymore.

My memory is very rusty, I have seen it many years ago, but here is the story as I remember it:
- A girl has an alcoholic mother (and/or father?) who is (violently?) abusing her at home, and she decides to run away
- She runs to a cave (in a jungle?) where she reenacts the abuse she experienced at home with her puppet
- The ending is a bit ambiguous, but it is hinted that she commits suicide (by jumping off a cliff? Or in front of a train? I don't remember)

I think it was an Eastern European (Yugoslavian?) movie, but there are no jungles in Eastern Europe... perhaps it was from South America?

Any hints would be very much appreciated.

Re: Looking for short film about a girl who plays with her puppet in a cave

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 3:24 pm
by Caleyunior
Do you happen to remember the year that short film was screened?

Re: Looking for short film about a girl who plays with her puppet in a cave

Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 4:38 pm
by Yurko
Caleyunior wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 3:24 pm Do you happen to remember the year that short film was screened?
I finally found it, it is called Lyuba or Люба, and is from 1990, Russia:
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