This movie begins immediately with scenes, however unclear to young viewers, of an eight year-old girl being neglected by her mother (who's so young it's first not clear if she's her older sister) e.g. she's mistakenly locked in a van; she's alone in the apartment overnight. The next scenes with her make it clear to most viewers over the age of 5 that something's wrong here: her mother never picks her up after school. Then she sits by a pay phone on a bus stop all day waiting for a promised outing from her mother, who never shows.
The scenes between Elsa and Julien contain more than one occurrence of "merde" which is clearly translated in the subtitles.
There is also a fairly frank discussion of the fact that Elsa was born only because it was too late for her teenage mother to have an abortion.
This might all go over the heads of some children; others will want to ask questions, so parents should be prepared that it's not necessarily perfect viewing for the entire family.
The scenes between Elsa and Julien contain more than one occurrence of "merde" which is clearly translated in the subtitles.
There is also a fairly frank discussion of the fact that Elsa was born only because it was too late for her teenage mother to have an abortion.
This might all go over the heads of some children; others will want to ask questions, so parents should be prepared that it's not necessarily perfect viewing for the entire family.