'‘Love According to Dalva’ Review: Superb Study of Girlhood
Dalva’ Review: Superb Study of Girlhood
The title
character of writer-director Emmanuelle Nicot’s feature debut “Love According to Dalva” is not like
The 12-year-old
dresses like a “lady,” as one of the girls at the youth shelter she’s
There are
lace blouses and prim skirts, there are pearl earrings and a dowdy updo
Dalva (Zelda
Samson) looks not so much like someone wanting to look older as she does like
Nicot tracks
the way Dalva will find her way back to being and feeling like the girl
When we
first meet Dalva, it’s not immediately clear why she’s so dissimilar from girls
This is
because she’s introduced to us as she’s kicking and screaming as the police
The words
“incest” and “pedophile” are thrown her way
There’s been
nothing untoward about her (sexual) relationship with her father
Much of
“Love According to Dalva” keeps audiences close to the character
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