My Little Princess

2011 [FRENCH]

Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 2147 2.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Eva Ionesco Photo
Eva Ionesco

Top cast

Anamaria Vartolomei Photo
Anamaria Vartolomei as Violetta Giurgiu
Pauline Serieys Photo
Pauline Serieys as Suzanne
Isabelle Huppert Photo
Isabelle Huppert as Hanah Giurgiu
Déborah Révy Photo
Déborah Révy as Nadia
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942.45 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
MA15+
us  
25 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 4
1.71 GB
1916*800
French 2.0
MA15+
us  
25 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

A relevant, but ultimately failed film. Eva Ionesco

A 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.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Eva Ionesco faces a real challenge in bringing

Eva 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.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Quite disturbing for the most part, and really

Quite disturbing for the most part, and really fully engaging thoughout. Not soemthing I would recommend to anyone though.
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