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Nine -- Film Description:
"The emotional turmoil of a nine-year-old girl suffering separation anxiety from her parents is movingly depicted in this poetic film. Mixing home movies shot in supersaturated colours with dramatic recreations in black and white, [Andrea] Dorfman evokes the memories of a child who could not shake her groundless fears of abandonment. The lack of control experienced by the girl is effectively conveyed by the nearly abusive treatment she receives from a psychiatrist. Structured to the rhythms of a children's clapping game and grounded in the girl's efforts to dance disco-style in her backyard. Nine is as mysterious as the ailment that possessed the narrator in her childhood."
-- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival


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"Hot Docs" Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. http://www.hotdocs.ca/.