It’s an uncomfortable watch, but this assured French-language debut from director Emmanuelle Nicot negotiates its disturbing subject matter with delicacy, sensitivity and honesty.

This deserved award-winner at Cannes last year manages the tricky feat of mining difficult and potentially lurid material without a single exploitative beat.

In interviews director Nicot has said she spent a long time researching the care system in France; that attention shows in her truthful-feeling and raw film.

In a certain way, this is a reverse coming-of-age story. [Full review in Spanish]