Ah Girl
Overview:
In 1994 Singapore, a perceptive seven-year-old girl navigating the aftermath of her parents' marital dissolution faces a severe existential crisis when her erratic, estranged mother offers an unstable proposal for custody, permanently altering the child's perception of domestic normalcy.
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