Yolk
14 1/2 min / narrative / 2007 / Australia
filmmaker: Stephen Lance
Lena, a teenager with Downs syndrome, is fascinated by sex and all the mystery that surrounds it – fertility, desire, and the mechanics of childbirth. When she steals a sex book from a mobile library, her mother forces her to take it back in an embarrassing family spectacle that only strengthens her daughter’s rebellious and irrepressible desire.
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