Cannes Review: Emmanuelle Nicot’s ‘Love According To Dalva’

. The key here is perspective: almost everything is shown from the point of view of a victim who has been taken into care, and who doesn’t realize she has been abused. Watching the truth slowly dawn upon her gives this film real tension, while also providing the possibility of recovery and enlightenment.

Dalva is a 12-year-old girl who dresses like a grown woman, wears make up and does not expect to be treated like a child. She’s horrified when she’s taken from her father and into a temporary facility for teenagers with problems. She’s even more dismayed when she learns that her father has been arrested.

Again, it’s tricky territory but Nicot shows great empathy for the child’s confusion. This is effectively a girl who has been brainwashed. So much hinges on the performance from Samson, and she delivers, veering between a bolshy mini-adult to a fragile young girl. While no abuse is visibly portrayed, there are some shocking scenes that reveal much more than dialogue could, from the way Dalva dresses to meet her father in prison, to the way she behaves with her youth worker, Jayden .

Jayden is a terrific character: a burly no-nonsense type branded the “Terminator” by some of the kids, yet clearly a caring and capable person trying to do right by Dalva. Another touching relationship develops with Samia , Dalva’s roommate, whose mother is a prostitute.

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