Josiane Balasko as "The Hedgehog"
“THE HEDGEHOG” My rating: A- (Opening Sept. 23 at the Tivoli)
100 minutes | No MPAA rating
Paloma (Gerance Le Guillermic) lives in a big apartment in Paris with her wealthy family. Dad is a mucky-muck in the government. Mom is a neurotic beauty who talks to her houseplants. Her big sister is a spoiled college girl.
As Paloma tells us early on (talking directly into the video camera she lugs everywhere), she has no intention of inheriting her clan’s life of emotionally vacant dissipation.
And so she’s decided that in six months, on her 12th birthday, she’s going to commit suicide. In the meantime she’s making a video to leave behind as her legacy…and as an explanation.
Early on in “The Hedgehog,” Mona Anache’s first feature, I feared the worst.
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