I am not in favor of children being made to "act" and their minds messed up. I was therefore glad to read that for this movie, "What Maise Knew" the directors David Siegel, Scott McGehee
actually spent time with the child artiste Onata Aprile and got her to develop a rapport with the other cast before they shot the movie. The results are there to see. It is a gut wrenching, heartbreaking story of the trials and insecurities that a child has to go through as her parents break up. Based on a novel by Henry James, this movie adapts itself to the modern day context and leaves most people uneasy about themselves and how they treat their children as we run around managing our careers, spouses and everything else that life throws at us. Yes, it is not entertainment, but education that happens here. Hopefully it will make us pause and ponder. Once we wipe our eyes, swallow the lump in our throats and take a deep breath to ease that choked tight feeling in our chest.
What Maise Knew
actually spent time with the child artiste Onata Aprile and got her to develop a rapport with the other cast before they shot the movie. The results are there to see. It is a gut wrenching, heartbreaking story of the trials and insecurities that a child has to go through as her parents break up. Based on a novel by Henry James, this movie adapts itself to the modern day context and leaves most people uneasy about themselves and how they treat their children as we run around managing our careers, spouses and everything else that life throws at us. Yes, it is not entertainment, but education that happens here. Hopefully it will make us pause and ponder. Once we wipe our eyes, swallow the lump in our throats and take a deep breath to ease that choked tight feeling in our chest.
What Maise Knew
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