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Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.

Trapped in the stifling boredom of a family summer, a sulky adolescent begins to blur the lines between her private fantasies and the awakening heat of her own skin. This period piece captures the awkward, sometimes blurred transition from childhood innocence to a fierce, internal sexual awakening.