Orpheline (2016)

Orpheline 2016 Four different instances in the life of the same woman, as this is divided into four significant periods of her existence childhood, puberty, adolescence, and adulthood, all representing fragments and diverse aspects of her being as its central focal point Emotionally damaged, Renee is a caring schoolteacher committed to the education of underprivileged youth, trying to get pregnant with her boyfriend in an attempt to straighten out her life However, her past catches up to her in the shape of Tara, a self destructive, addicted gambler who has some unfinished business with her which dates back some seven years Stepping back in time we find careless, fresh 20 something Sandra, whom elderly professional gambler Lev introduces to the world of horse racing and gives her a job at the racetrack as a mule carrying bet money to the cashiers Further back in time, Karine is an early developed, audacious 13 year old who engages in a constant merry go round of superficial relationships, always on the run from her brutal father, craving the attention she has never received Ultimately, we see Kiki, a little girl from the province, whose innocent game of hide and seek quickly turns into a disaster In the end, as we examine this fractured portrait of interconnected parallel lives, we can finally reach the very soul of a fearless woman, a complex individual who is determined to achieve freedom