1968 · drama · french
L'Enfance Nue
Directed by Maurice Pialat1h 23m1968
Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge.
Our read: L'Enfance Nue (1968) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · french entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / french, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intimate
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