The 2023 Sundance Film Festival continues this week, with more premieres at venues in Park City, Utah, and with virtual screenings available across the U.S. via Sundance's digital platform from Jan. 24 through 30.
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Following the death of her mother, 12-year-old Georgie has been living alone in her London flat, evading the curiosity of social welfare workers and earning money on the side through the theft of bicycles. But when her father, Jason, shows up at her door, after having abandoned her as a baby, Georgie finds her life of self-sufficiency is gone, and she is forced to become the responsibility of someone she doesn't trust .
In her first feature film, director Charlotte Regan plays out the story of a broken family trying to mend itself through the imagination of a girl whose moxie and wiles put her dad's to shame. She gets good performances from Campbell, and from Harris Dickinson as her estranged father, and decorates the film with hints of magical realism and faux documentary interviews .
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