The Punching Bag

In a home shaped by the quiet loyalties of an African household, Edna has learned that love and pain often wear the same face. For eight years, she has navigated the "rhythm" of her husband’s violence, protecting her children with her silence. But when a single night of brutality pushes her to the edge of the abyss, the people around her—a vigilant nurse, a brother torn between mercy and vengeance, and a son who steps into the line of fire—must decide what it truly costs to stay. The Punching Bag is a haunting exploration of the "broken fundamental promise" of home and the quiet, rising strength required to finally breathe for yourself.