Many Happy Returns(1997)

Many Happy Returns is an experimental film blending live-action with paper maché puppet animation to explore the lingering wounds of childhood trauma. A ghostly young girl repeatedly intrudes on a woman's consciousness, tapping insistently and forcing her to confront a painful memory she's tried to bury. As the apparition demands acknowledgment, the woman's present-day reality fractures and distorts, unable to escape the disruptive pull of her past. The film examines how unresolved childhood experiences can haunt adult life, using its distinctive visual style to mirror psychological fragmentation. Dreamlike and unsettling, Many Happy Returns treats memory and trauma as tangible forces that refuse to stay buried.