family fight

three generations in one living room, air full of tension. grandmother is accusing mother at failing with her life, accusing herself in raising her daughter wrong. scolding herself and the others for their incapability of living the right way; she is to blame and the mother is to blame. grandmother's sister is fretting too, scolding too; mother is trying to defend herself, trying to explain her reasons, trying to free everyone from fault. granddaughter is sitting on the sofa, feeling down and tense, not wanting to be there, everything is wrong. grandson does not understand a thing and is playing his stupid game with a toy playing a ridiculous melody. squeaky, obtrusive naive music is covering the fight like an ironic ghost, laughing at the stupidity of the family fight. the elders are denouncing and accusing, the melody is playing and smothering the words.

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