När Baba faller i poolen är klockan 23:47
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There are moments when the ground suddenly gives way beneath your feet. When the things that once seemed certain, your job, your routines, your place within your family and society, no longer hold. That is where When Baba Falls into the Pool, It’s 11:47 PM begins.
A daughter tries to understand what has happened to Baba, her father. The man who worked tirelessly to find his place in a new country. Force majeure, they wrote.
Experience became a burden. Age became an obstacle.
Shame drives him to keep the truth from his family.
Baba stepped into a world that was never his. He found himself at a pool party hosted by society’s elite. To the guests, he was part of the scenery, an amusing moment to share on Instagram. To Baba, it was a desperate attempt to save his family.
Instead, it turned him into an image that cannot be erased.
As she searches for answers, the daughter begins to remember. Her childhood. Her relationship with her father. Their roots. The small and significant moments that shaped their lives together.
When Baba Falls into the Pool, It’s 11:47 PM portrays a changing world of work and a society where more and more people are slipping through the cracks, where dignity is at risk of being lost when security disappears.