Short film
Baby Doll
1998 · 11 min
A quiet, watchful coming-of-age short that captures a girl's restless longing with tenderness and a sting of disillusionment.
- Directed by
- Brian Kirk
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jeni Courtney, Gerard McCartney, Kimberley McConkey
- Overview
- 1973, Heather is a 14-year old girl who is impatient to be a woman. She has one eye on her mother's baby doll nightie and the other on her best friend's dad. However, on a holiday weekend, she discovers the difference between dressing up and growing up and is forced to make a choice about what she really wants.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Coming-of-age, identity, family, sexuality
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Brian Kirk
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Jeni Courtney, Gerard McCartney, Kimberley McConkey