Valérie Massadian pays a visit to her chilhood via a four year old girl named Nana. An impressive debut feature by an exceptional photographer evident by the remarkable compositions of each take in the film. A highly independent Nana, spends time in the country side with her mother and her distant grandfather. One day, she returns home and finds no one, a sense of abandonment is filling the screen while Nana hasn’t realised the emptiness the cruel adult world can provide. Nana will go her own way either we like it or not, with no need for saviours, she is dressing herself up, she is making her own sandwichs, she is taking walks into the woods and she is even reading herself bedtime stories. Nana is free of adults and guidance and Massadian as director reflects this freedom by setting her subject completely free and by letting Nana be herself she created one of the most honest portraits of innocence. (Nina Veligradi)
