Love According to Dalva
classified 15 S
Film
Please note: This was screened in May 2023
The multi-award winning feature debut from Director Emmanuelle Nicot is a raw and powerful study of a girlhood interrupted.
Dalva (Zelda Samson), 12, lives alone with her father. One evening, police storm into their home and take her into foster care. As Dalva befriends her new roommate Samia and social worker Jayden, she gradually comes to understand the love she shared with her father was not what she thought. With their help, Dalva will learn to become a child again.
A coming-of-age story in reverse, Love According to Dalva is a powerful watch you just can't tear your eyes away from. Amidst the darkness, Nicot expertly finds room for humour and laughter, pathos and catharsis.