Elsternnächte

Elsternnächte

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WpMetadataNoticeLast published Tue, Jul 22, 2025
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Scotland, 1983 After saying goodbye to her mother and to everything she's ever known - Francis finds herself in a village. Moss-covered and lost in the middle of nowhere. Her mother is gone now - off to Italy in search of freedom; and Francis Coleman is left behind, in a strange house with a father who barely speaks. The land is quiet, yet somehow loud and full of mystery - houses that keep more secrets than the people inside them; a new beginning, even for Francis. The village feels like a place that's hiding something - even the school is... off. And at its center: a woman with cool eyes and a voice like yellowed paper. Miss Ainsley. Francis is told to stay away. But she sees something in her. Something she can't name - only feel. Among dense woods, village fairs, and silence, Francis begins to lose herself; and slowly, to find something new. And while no one says a word aloud, something begins to grow inside her. Something that must never be spoken. Something that has no name and never should.
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