La Maladroite

La Maladroite

2019 · 84 min · FR · 8.2 (39 votes)
Dir. Éléonore Faucher · Starring Isabelle Carré, Émilie Dequenne, Damien Jouillerot, India Hair, Elsa Hyvaert · Music Cyrille Aufort
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Stella is 6 but she is going to school for the first time. Happy, exuberant (maybe too much) she is a lovely child, but is often absent. Her parents say she is fragile. She tells her teacher, Céline, she fell when asked why she has a few bruises. Is it child abuse or real immune deficiency? The doubt is growing in the mind of those who meet the child. Worried, Céline notes every injury until the day the family moves without telling anyone.

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This film feels like a slow-building dread, a constant knot of worry in your stomach. It’s a deeply unsettling, heartbreaking watch that leaves you questioning everything you see and feel.

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