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Naked Childhood
FRANCE · 1969

Naked Childhood

Maurice Pialat
foster care maternal abandonment impermanence adolescent psychology social instability
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Synopsis

Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge.

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