My Little Princess

My Little Princess

2011 · 105 min · FR · 6.5 (74 votes)
Dir. Éva Ionesco · Starring Isabelle Huppert, Anamaria Vartolomei, Georgetta Leahu, Denis Lavant, Jethro Cave, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing · Music Bertrand Burgalat
Drama

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her daughter to pose as a model, Violetta finds her life with her loving grandmother turned upside down.The resulting pictures quickly become a sensation for the trendy 70's Paris art scene, and Violetta finds herself caught in between her new stature as an art muse and her dull childhood.

VIBE

A hazy, dreamlike descent into the unsettling exploitation of childhood innocence. It's a visually rich, atmospheric character study that feels both nostalgic and deeply melancholic, capturing a specific, fragile moment in time.

melancholicunsettlingnostalgicdreamlikeslow-burn70s aestheticarthousecharacter studyatmosphericchildhoodartificeexploitationidentity
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