FRENULUM dramatizes a controversial real-life operation, following eight children as they perform imaginary tongue surgery (a lingual frenectomy) on a member of their group, in order to help them speak phonetic sounds from the English language better. In some countries it is also used for helping children reach specific English sounds better. Widely disputed by health professionals and local authorities as a suitable procedure for such a goal, it is representative of the physical manifestation of a whole set of global socio-economic-cultural pressures for future career and life opportunities.