55th BFI London Film Festival: ‘On The Sly’

A quietly haunting film about a young girl’s desperate wish to be noticed by her parents.
55th BFI London Film Festival: ‘On The Sly’
John Smithies
John Smithies
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This intimate, quietly haunting film about a young girl’s desperate wish to be noticed by her parents has a sombre but crushingly universal tone.

It’s told firmly from six-year-old Cathy’s viewpoint (director Olivier Ringer’s own daughter Wynona), with her internal monologue revealing the minutiae of her life. Travelling from Paris to the countryside every weekend, but not being allowed to participate in anything fun, Cathy longs for company. So, one day she decides to live in the woods and go it alone, fearing the punishment she'll receive if her parents find her.

John Smithies
John Smithies
Journalist
A journalist for The EpochTimes based in London. These views are firmly my own.
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