If I Wish Really Hard

2010, 10 minutes

A story about the disintegration of a family seen through the eyes of Molly (8)

Molly (8), an only child of a Pakistani father and British mother, watches her parents' marriage disintegrate before her eyes as mum embarks on a romantic relationship with another man. In a disturbing dream Molly fantasises with killing mum's lover to put an end to the extramarital affair, subconsciously wishing that putting mum's lover out of the picture will bring things back to normal in her family. But things are far from normal when mum disappears after a heated argument with dad.

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