Naked Childhood

Naked Childhood

196983 min7.3 / 10

A melancholic, introspective portrait of an adolescent grappling with abandonment and impermanence through increasingly unstable behavior.

Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge.

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