![]() Plus, we never see any friends in the apartment. Not that it is her fault, but I think her depression comes from being bullied on the playground, as her kind of precociousness and weirdness never go over well there. At the same time, the viewer has to use his imagination to think about what Paloma's life may be outside of the apartment building where the movie is entirely set except for a brief visit to the cleaners. Overall, with its references to multiple art forms, including literature, movies and painting, the movie is about the imagination, with a character at the center who has an overactive one while ironically not being able to imagine much of a future for herself, just as Kakuro and Renee indirectly remind her that it may never be too late. As unique as it is, equally combining sweetness and darkness, the movie gets right to the heart of the matter by grabbing the viewer's attention right away and gently never letting go. Well, you certainly have to give "The Hedgehog" this much. ![]() So, as one old tenant dies, Kakuro(Togo Igawa) arrives to take his place, along with a love of literature. In the meantime downstairs, Renee(Josiane Balasko), the concierge, goes about her daily business. ![]() ![]() "The Hedgehog" starts with 11-year old Paloma(Garance Le Guillermic) filming herself talking about killing herself on her twelfth birthday in about 165 days. ![]()
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