Cherries

LUČE (38) searches through old boxes in the basement with PEPPINO (12), a circus boy and her imaginary friend. They escape into a shared fantasy of a circus and an ocean liner. After finding what she was searching for, Luče returns to her grim reality. It’s her birthday, and as
she navigates her stifling home, memories of her past unfold, revealing her harsh father (60), domineering grandmother (79), and the trauma of her mother’s death on her birthday. As tensions rise, Luče dons her mother's cherry-patterned dress and blue flippers, then heads
outside. Neighbors mock her, but she walks determinedly toward the railway tracks. At a critical moment, as the train rushes past, Luče runs, leaving the crowd behind. On the other side, Peppino is waiting. The train thunders by, and her father desperately picks up her
abandoned flippers, while the crowd watches in silence.