He thinks that if he had been more strict with Sammy, as his parents were with him, maybe she wouldn’t be acting out now. When Sammy comes home with a black eye after getting in a fight at school, Angus becomes frustrated and disappointed at both his daughter and himself. That Sammy is the only one still grieving. To this confused young girl, her sister’s ability to talk with friends, enjoy school and spend time playing games online is proof their mother’s death hasn’t created any significant impact. She’s unable to understand why and how her father is able to have a new relationship with his girlfriend Marianne (Paulina Lule). She screams, curses, and throws tantrums with the slightest provocation. In her father Angus (Leonardo Nam) and older sister Patricia (Kannon), Sammy sees targets for her hurt. The rage and frustration she feels are released through verbally lashing out at her family, breaking things, and marking her skin with black Xs. For Sammy (Miya Cech) the way she’s tried to communicate has done nothing but create more tension. Marvelous and The Black Hole is a not so typical coming of age story in the way it uses magic and tales to create a pathway for Sammy to begin coping with the emotions swirling within her. Recently screened at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Marvelous and The Black Hole was written and directed by Kate Tsang, who’s won multiple awards for her short films. With the new title of “teenager” comes new pressures never anticipated and for Sammy Ko (Miya Cech) that meant the crushing grief over the loss of her mother, and feeling as though no one else understood her.
It’s a time we excitedly looked forward to as pre-teens because being called a “teenager” is seen as a right of passage to the life of being a cool young adult.
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