This is a small, well-told story. In an unfairly reductive but easy-to-make comparison, it's "Heidi in South Africa"; a girl facing difficulties is sent away to a stunning rural setting to be cared for by her grandparents where, like her Swiss counterpart, she makes an important new friend and overcomes a crippling personal challenge.
There's nothing terribly new or clever here, but it's all nicely done. Anchen du Plessis puts in a lot of good work, but it's more about the writing and the director's choices in the story-telling: frightening images, imaginative childhood obsessions, and a nice plot development that makes the story a more widely relevant coming-of-age narrative.
There's nothing terribly new or clever here, but it's all nicely done. Anchen du Plessis puts in a lot of good work, but it's more about the writing and the director's choices in the story-telling: frightening images, imaginative childhood obsessions, and a nice plot development that makes the story a more widely relevant coming-of-age narrative.