This is the story of an untold, misunderstood, love. As simple as a boy felling in love to a girl. She is very open with him, behaves with confidence, she never encourages him and yet she never openly stops him from thinking they can be together for she doesn't believe he might love her that way.
But.
The boy is a lonely kid (around maybe six years old). In his loneliness the boy pretends to have imaginary friends like a dragon, an alien robot, and a king. His parents use to leave him with a tata, which he doesn't like, so they hire another one and this is Mara (Valeria Golino).
The topic is taboo but the movie depicts it very softly, never getting trivial or excessive about it.
The fact is that the girl has a boyfriend and the kid become jealous.
The movie end is dreamy. How else could a jealous lover get rid of his rival in love if not with the help of his (even if they are imaginary) friends?
And the boy becomes an adult by letting his friends go.
Review of Little Flames
