Dalva is a twelve-year-old girl who dresses like a woman to please her abusive father. This is the starting point of the film, which immediately draws us into the story. The film begins with her father's arrest. The viewer doesn't immediately understand. Dalva doesn't understand. For the rest of the film, we follow Dalva's evolution in this situation and her perception of things. The film evokes her relationship with children her own age in the institution where she is placed, her relationship with her mother, her relationship with her father, her relationship with her educator (Alexis Manenti). Her relationships are often based on seduction.

Emmanuelle Nicot has chosen a difficult subject, which is dealt with justly, i.e. Without unnecessary pathos, without judgment for the little girl, in small touches. And it's true that Zelda Samson, in the role of the little girl, is a real eye-catcher. A film with a strong subject and a strong form.

A great approach to abuse.it is amazing to see the twisting of a childs character,feeling that she is a grown up woman. She has lost every part of childhood and she is suffering not able to feet with children in her age..also not actually believing that she was abused. The acting of Dalva was amazing!! The character was building up..until...it wasn't anymore...the end was disappointing. I didn't see the actual changing of the character and how it happened. I didn't see the effort, the pain of transformation and the happiness maybe..finding again childhood. I dint see the change of thinking and feeling against the father...whar happened? We didn't see any of that.. is she really feeling better? Does she understand what happened? How does she feel now? ...it's like the film was cut in half..

But above all it is a film worth seeing and we'll done.

Very good performances, pacing and direction. An important side of abuse that needs more highlighting, I congratulate and thank everyone involved for committing to making this work.

For me, the ending was a disappointment. I didn't buy Dalva's sudden acceptance of her Mother against her Father. I didn't see this transition or a real development of Dalva's character in the final third of the film.

For me, the narrative needed more expansion. The role of the Mother was one dimensional Dalva was so well drawn as a character that I found it hard to believe that she would willing move in with her Mother and his new family.

Does she believe her father abused her?