Doll House Plot Synopsis
Rustin is a powerful man who has been responsible for the death of many people. He’s a madman who doesn’t care about anyone but himself. When he arrives at the nursing home, he’s in a state of great distress. His daughter has come to visit him and she tells him that she’s the one who found him. She tells him that she’s come to take him away from this place and make him happy again. Rustin is hesitant at first, but then he realizes that this woman is telling the truth and that she can help him find his past. Together, they set out on a journey to find his past and learn what happened to them all those years ago.
Rustin is a hard-working musician who takes his music seriously. When his friend Diego takes a turn for the worse, Rustin decides to make amends for the ills he’s caused. He jetted off to Rotterdam to make that happen.
So what’s in Holland? Only his estranged daughter Yumi who he decided to abandon while his wife Sheena was pregnant to pursue a life of playing rock music. Since then, no one has heard from him. Sadly, Sheena passed away, turning the care duties across to Bok and Rachelle. When Rustin shows up, he adopts a fake persona under the name of Clyde in an effort to get to know his daughter, Yumi. ..
What convinces Rustin to go to Rotterdam?
Rustin begins the movie by telling the story of his friend Diego, who overdosed on drugs and passed out in Rustin’s house. Rustin decides to turn his life around after hearing Diego’s words, and he starts working out and going to church. He also starts dating a girl named Sarah, and they start a family.
So what is the Doll House?
Rachelle is away on a work trip, so Rustin spends more time with Yumi. Rachelle heads over to his place and notices a project he’s been working on. Rustin promises she can have it when he’s finished. It’s a dollhouse. ..
This is a symbolic image of the home Rustin never had with Sheena, deciding to abandon the family and leave everything hollow and empty when it was once full. Seeing the house in pieces is a nice way of contextualizing what happened when Rustin abandoned them all to do drugs and play in his band.
How does Rachelle find out about Rustin?
Rachelle rings Bok and tells him that she has found out the truth about Rustin. Bok confronts Rustin in the kitchen and tells him that he has never been there for Yumi. All the way through Sheena’s pregnancy and the years Yumi has grown up, Rustin has been absent. “You owe us this much. Don’t mess with her [Yumi’s] life.” Bok says. ..
Bok doesn’t give Yumi a reason why she can’t see Rustin anymore, remaining defiant that she can’t see him. So naturally, as an inquisitive child, she heads over to Rustin’s place unannounced. ..
Why do Rustin and Yumi run away together?
Rustin calls Bok, telling him that he made a promise, but he switches his phone off afterwards. Bok is worried sick and just wants to look out for the girl. Rustin does ring him, telling Bok that he made a promise, but he switches his phone off afterwards.
Rustin and Yumi have one last day together before Rustin tells his daughter it’ll be the last time they have fun like this. They stay in a hotel before the school auditions.
Unfortunately, Rustin gets drunk when she’s asleep, and in the morning he’s hungover and almost misses the performance. They make it to the audition just in time, but while Yumi’s singing isn’t very good, Rustin hears an angelic voice coming from her. Predictably, Yumi isn’t picked for the school play, but does pick up an important lesson about always trying, no matter what.
What happens to Rustin?
Rustin starts feeling sick after drinking alcohol the night before. He goes home and starts using cocaine and drinking again. ..
When Yumi, Rachelle and Bok show up to get the dollhouse Rustin promised the young girl, they find out that he overdosed and is in the hospital. The dollhouse inside appears to be finished and complete, but they don’t pick it up because Rustin is in the hospital. ..
Rustin gets himself back on track, gets a job and tries to see his daughter again. However, Rachelle is having none of it. Rustin visits Sheena at her grave instead, admitting he’s wasted everything in his life. He apologizes for the hurt he’s caused, admitting that it was love at first sight for him when he laid eyes on Sheena. He bemoans not trying harder when she was alive.
How does Doll House end?
Shortly after this incident, Bok and Rachelle leave to go and stay in a different house. Rustin does get sober, but only temporarily. Back in the Philippines he starts to make amends but relapses when his father dies. After playing a little too hard at a show, Rustin collapses and has a stroke.
Since this stroke, Rustin can’t remember anything. That brings us back to the beginning of the movie.
Yumi shows Rustin pictures on her phone but he doesn’t seem to remember her at all. She sticks around and helps him out all day, before taking Rustin back to his room.
Inside, he has a number of dollhouses dotted around the room he’s been working on. Rustin remembers that he’s doing this for his best friend who sings off-key, but can’t remember exactly who she is. ..
The movie ends with a montage of the moments Rustin and Yumi spent together, reiterating how important she has been to his recovery.
In the end, Yumi is the only bright spark left in Rustin’s life that’s been mired in addiction and misery. It seems to hint that Yumi will be sticking around for the long-haul and will try to bridge the gap between them, but with Rustin’s memory failing, it’s a sobering moment at the death of this movie, as it seems he never will have that connection with her.
The Doll House is a new movie that is set in a small town in Maine. The town is being taken over by a doll house company and the residents are having to deal with the new lifestyle.
