A friend of mine turned me on to this movie, and WOW!, it looks pretty cool: The girl looks a bit like the little girl in 'Le Papillon', but it's not.
Here's the IMDB link:
Synopsis:
(The REST of the quote is a MAJOR plot spoiler, so I'd advise you NOT to read it until you've seen this touching movie...)Eight-year-old Eva and her mother have a very positive CHILD-TO-CHILD-RELATION. The mother is incapable of mature behaviour when problems arise. When the mother forgets to fetch Eva at school in her car, Eva does not know the way home. Panicking and crying she just runs and is overrun by a car. The driver is obviously innocent. He is a second-hand bookseller (Etienne) and a mountain climber and has a phenomenal memory. The hospital cannot tell whether Eva will ever wake up from her coma, or will speak or move. But it is important that she is much spoken to while she is in coma. The bookseller takes upon himself the task the mother cannot do. He visits the child for hours every day and tells her Jack London's snow stories, which he knows by heart. Eventually Eva wakes up. She is still mute and will go only if Etienne holds her hands and actively walks her. She is bored by all kinds of child play but fascinated by the snowy mountains that can be seen from the hospital. Suddenly ...
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Finally, the ed2k link:
Hopefully THIS turns out to be as cool as it looks [in the 'Le Papillon' vein]!
I'll also keep an eye out for subtitles...
kev.
ps:
Here's the addy for a trailer!:
http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_multimed ... Dfilm=7608
kev.