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Alicia

8.0(1)20171h 30m0

"It’s not easy to find a foster family for you," an orphanage supervisor explains to nine-year-old Alicia. "After all, you are a very special girl." Alicia is crying. "I’m not special. I’m just a girl." This disturbing scene sets the tone for this film about Alicia, who was taken away from her teenage mother by the Child Welfare Bureau when she was 12 months old. She’s been living in an orphanage since the age of five, and they have never managed to find a foster family for her. In Alicia, we watch as she becomes a teenager, still craving safety and love. Over the course of three years, filmmaker Maasja Ooms follows her daily life up close. Alicia's yearning and powerlessness are palpable in these observations, which painfully reveal the effects of having no prospects.

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Language
Dutch
  • foster home
  • human interest
  • child protection

Behind the camera

Director

Maasja Ooms

Produced in

Netherlands

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Release dates

  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical (limited)AL15 Nov 2017

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Alicia was released on 15 November 2017.

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