Little Girl (La Pivellina)

Name: Little Girl (La Pivellina)
Genre: Drama
Released: September 2, 2011
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 62

2011

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 2, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: In a run-down park on the outskirts of Rome, a two year-old girl is discovered and taken in by a family of hard-luck circus performers. A note in the child's pocket from a desperate mother reveals little about who she is or why she was left. As the bond grows between the girl and her surrogate family, this naturalistic drama becomes aIn a run-down park on the outskirts of Rome, a two year-old girl is discovered and taken in by a family of hard-luck circus performers. A note in the child's pocket from a desperate mother reveals little about who she is or why she was left. As the bond grows between the girl and her surrogate family, this naturalistic drama becomes a revealing and soulful portrait of courage and discrimination, and of loss and togetherness. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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S. James Snyder

Aug 30, 2011

It's in the periphery of this daily minutiae that Covi and Frimmel work their neorealistic magic, turning what might have been a sappy maternal-awakening melodrama into a simplistic, genuinely sweet tribute to motherhood, Italian style. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Aug 30, 2011

Scenes showing the tricky process of acclimatizing a child to new surroundings, and the patchwork of experiences that make up an education - both Asia's and Tairo's - are grounded by entirely affectless performances, not least that of little Asia Crippa. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 31, 2011

Though at times too determined to avoid dramatic highs and lows, Little Girl strikes gold in the casting of the 2-year-old Asia Crippa. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Aug 29, 2011

The film lacks the immediacy of the Dardenne brothers' pictures, the electrifying sense that anything might happen, while also avoiding their penchant for redemptive resolutions. Read full review

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