This is one of my favorite films of all time. It deals in a beautiful and complete manner with the way children perceive and process grief. The child in the lead role, Victoria Thivisol is astonishing and the rest of the cast are intuitive, strong, and poignant.
The director is adept at letting the children in the film express the nuances of childhood: tenderness, confusion, mean-spiritedness, trust, humor, and deep sadness.
This is a difficult and beautiful film to watch but please trust me when I say that it is a complete circle...it doesn't strand the viewer in a world of grief.
This film is a gorgeous, difficult, complex poem.
The director is adept at letting the children in the film express the nuances of childhood: tenderness, confusion, mean-spiritedness, trust, humor, and deep sadness.
This is a difficult and beautiful film to watch but please trust me when I say that it is a complete circle...it doesn't strand the viewer in a world of grief.
This film is a gorgeous, difficult, complex poem.