Princess
Directed by:
Tali Shalom-EzerScreenplay:
Tali Shalom-EzerCinematography:
Radosław ŁadczukComposer:
Yishai AdarPlots(1)
Adar, an androgynous 12-year-old girl, lives in a small apartment with her mother, Alma, and her young stepfather, Michael. The three co-exist in an unconventional and intimate way, with Adar often slipping into bed to sleep with Alma and Michael. While Alma is at work, Adar's close relationship with the unemployed Michael has taken a dark turn, involving gender-bending role-playing games that turn fantasy into violation. As Adar's home life turns increasingly intrusive, she begins to search for help outside, but discovers she must retreat into a new friendship with Alan, a waifish boy who looks startlingly like her, in order to cope. (Sundance Film Festival)
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Princess is a good, if very disturbing film. There are no explicit scenes, but you still don't want to watch an adult trying it on a child. The film is then even more impressive in that it offers no real way out of the situation, suggesting that it can just keep happening and that it can take other forms.
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