
Violetta is raised by her grandmother. Her mother Hanna tries to make a living on taking photographs and concentrates on her dreams to become a famous artist. In order to succeed as an artist she doesn't worry about dating men of questionable reputation. Only every now and then her mother visits her daughter but during these occasions it occurs to her that her daughter could be a potential model. She starts exploiting her daughter who by transforming into a kind of Lolita bec... (Full plot summary below)
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Violetta is raised by her grandmother. Her mother Hanna tries to make a living on taking photographs and concentrates on her dreams to become a famous artist. In order to succeed as an artist she doesn't worry about dating men of questionable reputation. Only every now and then her mother visits her daughter but during these occasions it occurs to her that her daughter could be a potential model. She starts exploiting her daughter who by transforming into a kind of Lolita becomes increasingly alienated from other children of her age. At school she is eventually frequently insulted and rejected. Then Mamie dies and Hannah's photographs are about to unequivocally overstep the line of acceptability. Hanna even coerces Violetta mercilessly into cooperation by withholding her food in case she doesn't agree to pose for increasingly daring photographs.
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| User ReviewCaleb CQuite disturbing for the most part, and really fully engaging thoughout. Not soemthing I would recommend to anyone though. |
| User ReviewRoman RUn rôle à la mesure d'Isabelle Huppert, vampirisant sa fille pour ses obsessions de photographes... La jeune actrice est superbe, et Denis Lavant pas trop tarà (C) pour une fois!! |
| User ReviewFranck DUn film pour le moins à (C)trange mais très rà (C)ussi. La jeune actrice est formidable notamment dans les scènes de photo. Le film est bien rà (C)alisà (C), cohà (C)rent bien que l'on à (C)volue dans l'univers dà (C)lirant de la mère. La seule faiblesse du film c'est Isabelle Huppert. Il faut beaucoup de temps pour s'adapter et voir le personnage et non pas l'actrice. On a l'impression d'être devant "ma mère" de C Honorà (C). Certes le sujet est proche, mais cette mère la est très diffà (C)rente; exaltà (C) aimante et ne pouvait pas s'exprimer avec la même intonation dà (C)tachà (C) et froide |
| User ReviewMatty SEva Ionesco faces a real challenge in bringing this very personal story to the screen: How to make a movie about the exploitation and sexualized abuse of a child to the screen without exploiting or abusing the child actor? She almost manages to succeed. I'd rather a filmmaker err on the side of caution to avoid exploiting a child actor -- and that is what Ionesco has done. Sadly, the film is missing the bitter bite it needs. Isabelle Huppert is brilliant in the role and saves the film from failing. When she instructs her daughter to look into her camera as if looking into the evil of Hell -- it is truly chilling. No masterpiece, but worth seeing. |
| User ReviewMatthew SA relevant, but ultimately failed film. Eva Ionesco has made a film loosely base on her own childhood in which her mother photographed her in dramatically controversial ways. Most likely, because this "art" was done in the mix of the cultural confusion of the 1970's -- Ionesco's mother's work was accepted as "art" and challenges of "child porn" were never culturally addressed. While similar art was created in the US with Brooke Shields --- that work carried an uncomfortable innocence despite courting controversy. Ionesco's work was anything but innocent and remains to many (including myself) perverse and repugnant child exploitations. And, here lies the challenge for the adult Eva Ionesco: to make a film about the exploitation of a child without actually exploiting the child actor playing her. It is a conundrum beyond Eva Ionesco's reach either because she lacks to skill or she is too emotionally vested to figure out how to do it. Isabelle Huppert does her best and manages to avoid falling into the trap of "camp" due to some of ways in which her dialog is scripted. Anamaria Vartolomei as this version of the filmmaker proves a gifted child actor. Another plus is Jeanne Lapoirie's cinematography which is lush and captures the era of the time. However, in the end, this is a very interesting cinematic error. For those interested in the subject matter from the perspective of the controversial 1970's photographic work's subject or fans of Huppert, it is well worth seeing. It is too bad that Ionesco could not find a way to make what could have been a strong cultural commentary regarding child exploitation rise above the restraint result that is created. |
| User ReviewGhjuvan Sebastianu Gnotre film adaptee de faits reels huppert est efficace comme dhab et la ptite assez bluffante |