Welcome to the Dollhouse
An awkward, unpopular eleven-year-old endures cruelty at school and neglect at home, where her prettier siblings get all the attention.
Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, U.S. Dramatic, 1996
An awkward eleven year old girl navigates the daily humiliations of junior high, bullied by classmates and overlooked at home in favour of her cute younger sister and a favoured older brother. She absorbs contempt from every direction and hardens into a wary, defended child.
The film is an unsparing portrait of identity and defence forming under relentless narcissistic injury, showing how family scapegoating and adolescent cruelty shape a young self. It gives a therapist a clear picture of the wounds of not being the favoured child. It won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Dramatic film at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.
Details
- 1996
- United States
- English
- Film