This charming, sensitive Franco-Belgian film (aka À pas de loup) is seen entirely from the point of view of Cathy (played by the daughter of the movie's writer-director-editor), a six-year-old driving out of Paris with her parents for a weekend at their country house. There's no dialogue, just the thoughts of the serious, curious, often pawkily humorous Cathy as she observes her preoccupied parents (whose faces we scarcely see) and sorts out the world around her. She explores the countryside, talking to the beans she plants, a fish she catches and a labrador she meets in the forest. We're drawn into her mind and what we see is a poetic mixture of fantasy and reality that reflects a child's confused sense of time and place. It's funny, touching and at 70-odd minutes only slightly overlong.
DramaWorld cinemaPhilip French
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DramaWorld cinemaPhilip French
guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
- 6/2/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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