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Dalva

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1 hr 24 min
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en
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Festival de Cannes, 2022. A 12-year-old girl who acts and dresses like an adult is removed from her home and slowly learns how to be a child again.

12-year-old Dalva behaves and dresses like a grown woman. The authorities are notified and her single father's custody is withdrawn. She is put in a hostel where she starts to rebel against this situation which she finds unfair before gradually realising what she has endured.

Directed and screenplay by: Emmanuelle Nicot (France/Belgium, 2022)
Cast: Zelda Samson (Dalva), Alexis Manenti (Jayden), Fanta Guirassi (Samia), Marie Denarnaud (Zora), Jean-Louis Coulloc'h (Jacques), Sandrine Blancke (Marina)
Genre: drama
Awards: Fondation Louis Roederer Award at Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week (France, 2022); Young Talent Award at Hamburg International Festival (Germany, 2022); Young Jury Prize at Stuttgart International French Film Festival (Germany, 2022); Jury Prize and Best Actress (Fanta Guirassi) at Namur International French Film Festival (Belgium, 2022)