Dolls

Robyn Egan

| United Kingdom

| 00:14:27

2:00pm Saturday 1st March 2025

A coming of age comedy, set in the early 00s, Dolls tells the story of Cherry and her unsolicited collection of judgemental porcelain dolls as she explores her transition into sexual maturity and faces the anguish of leaving her childhood behind.

Programme

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Imagination

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Traveling Light

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Invisible barriers

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Autoimmune

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