Synopsis
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.
One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva, that of a girl her age.
L'amour selon Dalva, 러브 달바, Tapt barndom, 达尔瓦, L'amore secondo Dalva, 愛的缺口, אהבה על־פי דאלבה, الحب بحسب دالفا, Με τα μάτια της Ντάλβα, Miłość według Dalvy, Далва, 錯愛的教育, Dalva și dragostea, Любовь глазами Дальвы
I think Emmanuelle Nicot’s direction is the most perfect example of a clear vision with exceptional moral precision. This is an amazing film.
Here, love is distorted. Real love arrives with a crash, shattering the worldview and revealing a new world surrounded by a crowd of young people, different directions for where life could go. For Dalva, these are lives she had never been able to experience.
Trauma has an everyday kind of pull in this film, and the way it slowly begins to reveal itself through small details is, at least for me, honestly handled in just the right way and that is why the film works on its own terms. Exactly with the kind of unique identity that…
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so so good and powerful. the shots of her realizing that her father dyed her hair to match her mothers hair left me speechless. a knockout directorial debut
the psychologization of an abused child. has a lot of fine observations in it - the sexualized behaviour, the repeating patterns etc - but is eventually a quite simple coming-of-age drama with an hopeful touch to it.
Of course it's French/Belgian Cinema that has the courage's to showcase this sensitive and shocking topic of incest.
This movie is raw and distressing but at the same time showcases moments of great hope and jubilation. It depics coming of age stories of less fortunate children that really manages to emotionally engage the audience. This is not only done through a great script and metaculous direction but also by allowing the story to be told through images and actors facial expressions.
A very impressive deput feature film by director/writer Emmanuelle Nicot.
#4 Filmfestival Hamburg
C'est extrêmement difficile de parler de ce film puisque qu'il est lui-même très dur... Ce long-métrage est un véritable coup de massue que l'on ne voit pas venir, le hors-champ et les dialogues s'occupent de tout. Rien n'est véritablement montré mais tout est dit, à travers les paroles lourdes de cette jeune fille, à travers la mise en scène étouffante, serrée et intime, mais surtout à travers cette épreuve qu'aucun enfant ne devrait avoir à vivre... Le film marque par son sujet et comment il est abordé, il marque par ses personnages et par ses scènes parfois dures et parfois légères sans jamais tomber dans un tire-larmes ennuyeux. C'est à voir absolument, bien que le sujet soit difficile, ce genre de films donnent foi envers le cinéma français et restent gravés pour toujours...
A very delicate transitory film but that's all it needed to be. I'm so impressed by the way Zelda Samson embodied her difficult character with such maturity and compulsion.
bon c’est tjrs un peu cliché de dire « han ui ce film est vrm important » MAIS je suis navrée je vais le dire : ce film est important.
pk me diras-tu :
1) pcq ça parle d’inceste, et que c’est encore un sujet trop tabou.
2) pcq ça parle d’inceste, mais surtout, d’emprise : quand on parle de violences sexuelles, on imagine souvent des victimes « conscientes » d’être des victimes. OR ici, c’est tout le contraire : Dalva pense que sa relation avec son père est belle, que les rapports sexuels sont juste une preuve de l’intensité de leur amour, et que de toute façon, l’amour, ça ne va pas sans sexe. c’est glauque à en crever,…
I can’t believe this is Emmanuelle Nicot‘s directorial debut! The style is unique and fresh and the story is unlike anything I’ve seen onscreen. Highly recommend!
Qué experiencia tan horrenda. Es una mierda que tantas personas tengan que vivir situaciones así. La película logra arrojar esperanza aún en las situaciones más innombrables y eso es hermoso. Hay una parte reconfortante en el camino a recuperar la inocencia, a permitirnos sanar el dolor, a conectar y aprender de otros. Pero nunca se muestra a expensas de la cruda realidad.
Gran película. Hermosa y horrible a partes iguales.
I'm way too sensitive for this subject. And even more when it’s interpreted so well thanks to Zelda Samson. I can only hope that we destroy taboos around incest and stop romanticizing it.