Live Action Short Film

Written and Directed by Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro)

Produced by Academy Award® winner Alfonso Cuarón,
Carlo Cresto-Dina and Gabriela Rodriguez

“Charming”
Financial Times

“A gem”
New Statesman

“Full of imagination”
Korea Daily News

“And then there’s the short with everything: style and atmosphere, mirth and sadness, angelic faces and wicked thoughts, nuns and a countess, Alfonso Cuarón as producer and the moment of truth only a red, cream-filled, 70-egg cake can spur in a strict Catholic boarding school during a wartime Christmas. The beguiling “Le Pupille” from gifted Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”) is an all-girl shoutout (and at times, whimsically scored sing-out) to Jean Vigo’s child-anarchy classic “Zéro de Conduite” by way of this sublime artist’s own appealing affinity for youthful frolic and fate. Given grainy, old-world Super 16-millimeter authenticity by masterful cinematographer Hélène Louvart and featuring Rohrwacher’s talented sister Alba as the vigilant mother superior, this is a confection to savor — equal parts innocence, rebellion and spongy goodness.”
LA Times

From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, “Le Pupille” is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas.