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Overview

The film examines girlhood as inherited performance-costumes worn before identity forms. Mona frames femininity as simultaneous nurture and constraint, exploring how intimacy between girls and garments becomes predetermined theatre. Clothing functions as ritual and control, dictating movement before self-knowledge arrives.

Cast

Amanda Seyfried

The Girl

Ryan VanCompernolle

The Puppet

C

Catheryn Clifford

The Puppeteer

A

Audrey Allen

Puppeteer

G

Gabriella Alleyne

Puppeteer

K

Kendra Borden

Puppeteer

B

Bryony Bowman

Puppeteer

C

Cara Diaz

Puppeteer

E

Emily Dail

Puppeteer

I

Isabelle Dayton

Puppeteer

T

Taylor Fine

Puppeteer

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