Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia's wellbeing. Until the day Albert is instructed that he must prepare the child to leave.
Direction
Hadžihalilović's patient, glacial pacing that refuses to explain itself.
Sound
That telephone ring becomes a character—ominous, relentless, unforgettable.
Practical Effects
Mia's ice teeth—tactile, grotesque, somehow beautiful in their wrongness.
Director
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hadžihalilović completes her 'childhood trilogy' after Innocence and Evolution, each exploring bodies in transformation through female adolescence.
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