Contrary to the scathing review which allocated only two stars, I found this film to be beautiful and fascinating. It was the kind of film with a happy ending of sorts, the young girl having (rightly) seen off her father and earlier her grandmother, both of whom had physically abused the girl for it seems like years.
Finally along comes the lesbian new chief of police who helps her escape from her awful predicament, albeit with possible sexual designs on the child of her own, although nothing sexual actually went on between them.
The movie was very clever in laying little traps for the viewer, making one wonder whether anything good would happen. It did! The girl did escape the violent clutches of her father when she turned the tables on him as he lay sleeping off a drunken stupor, an excellent touch.
Finally, we see the chief preparing herself for another relocation and saying goodbye to the girl. But when a fellow police officer, an underling, mentioned in passing that he thought the girl might be a bit of a monster, the chief realised they were made for each other, got him to stop the car, whereupon she ran back to the girl's house as the girl was possibly contemplating suicide on the waterfront.
The chief and the girl drove away in the pouring rain, both free for the time being from their separate demons. Well worth watching!
Finally along comes the lesbian new chief of police who helps her escape from her awful predicament, albeit with possible sexual designs on the child of her own, although nothing sexual actually went on between them.
The movie was very clever in laying little traps for the viewer, making one wonder whether anything good would happen. It did! The girl did escape the violent clutches of her father when she turned the tables on him as he lay sleeping off a drunken stupor, an excellent touch.
Finally, we see the chief preparing herself for another relocation and saying goodbye to the girl. But when a fellow police officer, an underling, mentioned in passing that he thought the girl might be a bit of a monster, the chief realised they were made for each other, got him to stop the car, whereupon she ran back to the girl's house as the girl was possibly contemplating suicide on the waterfront.
The chief and the girl drove away in the pouring rain, both free for the time being from their separate demons. Well worth watching!