My Little Princess - DVD

The film deals with some dark and disturbing themes, but it handles them with superb sensitivity and, at times, humour. Isabelle Huppert and Annamarie Vartolomei are utterly convincing and the atmosphere of Paris in the 1970s is captured perfectly. Eva Ionesco is to be congratulated on a masterpiece.

Disc InformationFrench language disc. French/Dutch MenusAspect ratio2.35 : 1Audio: 2.0 Stereo, 5.1 Dolby DigitalOptional Subtitles: English, Dutch & French on main feature.Extras:Interviews: Eva Ionesco (Director), Bertrand Burgalat (Original Music)Screen Test: Anamaria Vartolomei (Violetta Giurgiu)TrailerThis movie is a poorly-veiled telling of the relationship between the photographer Irina Ionesco and her model daughter Eva (the author of the story of the film). Or more correctly the lack of relationship. The images are there for all to see on google. The highly stylised, erotic nature of these led to social services to intervene as portrayed here.This film is really the story of the disintegration of the mother-daughter relationship. As Eva herself directs in her first high profile movie, no holds are barred in showing the mother (Isabelle Huppert) through her eyes.The costumes should win an award alone and recent 13th Mumbai Film Festival awards were given for Best Director and Actors to both leading ladies. The style and atmosphere of the film have been compared to the works of Fassbinder, and Huppert is presented as a glamorous film-star of a mother with an initially doting daughter. The innocent Violetta as Eva soon changes as her images are published in galleries and on local billboards and she becomes a disturbed teen, as you would.In interview (an extra on the disc), Eva comes over now as a bright, considered, mature adult and this film appears to be the first of a trilogy. The sequel promises to portray a happier period in the young Ionesco's life. I will certainly be looking forward to this as the story finished in this instalment as open-ended with no final judgement forthcoming.MLP is an intriguing film and makes you think about the consequences and the effects of art on artists and their models while creating a visually beautiful piece of cinema in itself.DVD image quality is excellent, close to Blu-Ray with my modest upscaling player and screen. Isabelle Huppert acts brilliantly, as always and Anamaria Vartolomei is a revelation in her debut.

Shallow and pretentious. It decries the "stolen childhood" and "loss of innocence" of Eva Ionesco, (portraying her mother as the one who stole it for profit) whilst ensuring it offers visual stimulation with the young actress playing Eva Ionesco posing around quite a bit in stockings and suspenders and corsets, to titillate a certain market. Most good quality French films have a real beauty, but this was just a bit tacky. Poor Isabelle Huppert - she did her best but was probably never in with a chance. Those who adore Irina Ionesco's photographs of her daughter Eva Ionesco ( who was the Director of this self-obsessed film) will probably love it - but if you want a classically beautiful French movie, watch Jean de Florette again, and if you want depth, try almost anything else with Isabelle Huppert. Just my opinion!

This is self-indulgent on the part of the director whose mother put her into movies at a young age. You may or may not feel sorry for the child whose nude appearances at the age of 11 made headlines.

A semi-biographical movie which is superbly acted throughout. Isabelle Huppert is amazing as the completely mad mother of 'Eva' (The author and director of the movie).

Very good, but no subtitles. That was disappointing.

it was ok

good film.