Say a word about the poor orphan. The merits of the film are Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch. At the dawn of his engagement. There's nothing else to see. It's strange how these two got here. Well, since Lynch later invited Ratbourne to shoot a couple of episodes for Twin Peaks, you'll have to look for chips.
A typical story about an orphan and an evil aristocratic grandmother, which is a bit strange in America in 1958. And Grandma with her fife about a cloke looks weird. Ko-ko, the so-called grandmother, loves the granddaughter, but not the hardened to treat the child humanly. He constantly humiliates and abuses the girl. She is especially annoyed and upset by people whom her granddaughter sincerely loves - a gardener and governess. Grandma is firing them.
Even the girl’s favorite toys cause irritation and attempts to destroy them. In response, the girl mutilates the bear, presented by her grandmother, and after another humiliation, burns her hand. In fits of despair, the baby falls to the floor and sucks her finger. In general, the whole Freud.
The Governantess and her friend line is a little more interesting. This is where we meet the Lynch-Rosseini duo. The governess' name is Jeanne, and she often includes a record of Joan of Arc. But the girl calls her Zelli, short for Mademoiselle.
Not bad at all. But the movie seems cut off. The lines are broken, hints are sent to an unknown space. You might think that this is either a film adaptation of the work, or a 3-hour drama, mounted in an 87-minute soup cut.