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Call Me Elisabeth

Call Me Elisabeth

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 2006

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Je m'appelle Elisabeth

Production Companies

France 3 Cinéma, Pyramide Productions

Director

Jean-Pierre Améris

Description

A 10-year-old girl lives in post WWII rural France with her parents, who are about to divorce. Her older sister leaves home to finish school, and the young girl is left with a mysterious, almost silent housekeeper. Being afraid of the dark, and of other "phenomenoms" including a haunted château nearby, she curiously accepts a stranger she finds in her mansion's barn. This fact contradicts her fearful nature, but fulfills her loneliness. The stranger has run away from a nearby psychiatric clinic, where her father was treating the stranger. She hides the stranger, protects him, and he becomes her best friend. Is this girl searching for true companionship, coming of age, or is she asserting her independence for the first time in her short life?