Joy
Overview:
Hara leaves the maternity hospital with a baby in her arms. She spends her days caring for her newborn baby. Daily images of affection, familiarity, devotion and acquaintance with the baby in the rhythm of a lullaby. However, the repeated emergency news about the abduction of a baby from the maternity hospital comes to violently bring us back to reality.
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