Darva

The 12-year-old girl Darva was strictly controlled and shaped like a Barbie doll by her pedophile father since she was a child. She also believed that she was a woman and there was nothing wrong with falling in love with her father until her father was arrested. This film is the feature film debut of French director Emmanuelle Nicole. She challenges an extremely difficult moral theme and uses restrained and clear lens language to directly address serious and acute social issues. The camera closely follows the protagonist Darva, recording her difficult process from being a mature woman, through self-awakening, and slowly learning to become a young girl. Newcomer actor Zelda Samson, who plays Dalva, won the Rising Star Award in the Critics Week section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for her powerful performance. The film also won the FIPRESCI Critics Award in the parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival.