After leaving her family home, seventeen-year-old Kaja finds temporary refuge at her friend’s house. Although she has left behind the place that suffocated her for years, she cannot leave behind what she carries within. As she tries to adjust to her new everyday life, old patterns continue to draw her back and leave her confused. Through silence and symbols representing a longing to hold on to childhood, Balerina follows Kaja’s inner world and explores the sense of emptiness that emerges when something that, however painful, has defined her reality for years is suddenly gone.