Adrian Mendoza
4Apr11
nah i don't think they really hurt the cat
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DeJardinblum
16May12
Violating the semi-ideological , ie Truffuat, non-threatening nostalgia concealed as bildungsroman, Pialat's childhood entity lacks euphoria/illusion, is all compassion, brutality; speech and act of Lucifer: never without hope, never to be redeemed: autonomy's violent push against its own ethical shape, a crime as elaborate as love: youth, the auto-problematical. Final shot: absence: the best material for a portrait.
Mike A.
16Jan12
A revelation. Every once in awhile I see a movie that has such a unique view on the world that it changes that world for me. I feel like a different person after watching it. I'll look at things and feel things and think things differently from now on, in a way I can't even talk about at this point.
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actingoutpolitics
29Jun11
“L’Enfance Nue” by Maurice Pialat describes the situation of children abandoned by their parents to comment about a much more widespread phenomenon of child neglect in today’s society. Abandonment of children is the psychological essence of child neglect. By depicting the destiny of a foster child, Francois – his way to criminality as a violent way of self-assertion, and by analyzing the details of his behavior, Pialat points out the inadequacy of the very organization of the care for abandoned, abused and neglected children in modern society. Foster parents often don’t understand that the abandoned children are not just abandoned but traumatized by this and that they search for reasons why this happened to them. With all the best intentions parents-volunteers don’t know that it is not enough to love a child – traumatized child is mistrustful of adults’ love and is prone to unconsciously resist their influence and authority. Foster parents have to be helped to learn more about child psychology in order to react to the child’s ambivalent feelings less sentimentally. The film is involving and scrupulous research into the psychology of child’s emotional trauma. Some performers from the first glance may look as not professional actors but again and again they surprise the viewers with amazing emotional elaborations of their characters’ reactions. The film is a “fiction” which is more “verite” than many documentaries. Please, visit: www.actingoutpolitics.com to read article about “L’Enfance Nue” - “Stationary Society vs. Children’s Existential Adventurism (Proper Child-Rearing Starts with Humanistic Education of Parents That Can Happen Only if Whole Society Will Invest In It)” – with analysis of shots from the film, and also essays about the films by Godard, Resnais, Bergman, Kurosawa, Bunuel, Bresson, Antonioni, Pasolini, Alain Tanner, Cavani, Bertolucci, Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Rossellini, Moshe Mizrahi and Ronald Neame. By Victor Enyutin
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arlinda
29Mar11
This gives "400 Blows" a run for the money. Not that one could truly compare these two, but how else does one spread the word about Pialat?
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gory™
14Oct10
recipe to make a great movie is you just have to sacrifice one poor cat :( but, wth i love this movie.
Bobby Myers
2Oct10
I love films about childhood, but this one struck me particularly hard due to some uncomfortable parallels with my own childhood. Despite Francois' obviously troubled and delinquent nature, and the fact that he did some downright disgusting things, there was a certain warmth and humanity to him that made the film come off as extremely sincere.
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franseftel
17Apr10
When will L'Enfance Nu be available? saw a review in The New Yorker. Looks briliant.