Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.
Little Tickles is a sensitive and unflinching French drama that tackles childhood sexual abuse with remarkable restraint and emotional honesty. The acting, particularly from the lead, is the film's standout quality — raw, credible, and deeply affecting across both the childhood and adult timelines. The plot is coherent and emotionally grounded but follows a fairly familiar arc of repressed trauma coming to light through therapy and artistic expression. Cinematography is competent and intimate without being particularly distinctive. Novelty is moderate — the subject matter is handled with unusual delicacy and the dual-timeline structure works well, but the broader territory of trauma-recovery drama is well-trodden. The ending offers a quiet, unresolved sense of ongoing healing rather than catharsis, which feels true to life but may leave some viewers wanting more closure.