

A therapist breaks her own rules after assault—her mind becomes the crime scene.
Lea, a therapist specializing in the treatment of victims of sexual abuse, is unable to follow her own methods after she herself suffers an assault and plunges into the abyss of her own psyche. It is a journey through the inner realm of a violated woman, where reality and fiction, truth and dream intertwine.
Acting
Sylta Fee Wegmann's silent unraveling says everything.
Cinematography
Tight spaces that feel like panic attacks.
Direction
Bobyleva refuses to let you look away.

Director
Nadja Bobyleva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold—here, the cracks are the whole story.
Director Nadja Bobyleva is also an actress; this was her first short after years of waiting for stories she wanted to tell.