IT TAKES A WHOLE VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD? NO NEED! GEORGIE RAISES HERSELF ALL ALONE

Georgie does­n’t need anyo­ne, let alo­ne an adult, to tell her what she should or should­n’t do. Since her mother’s death, the twel­ve-year-old has been living alo­ne in a coun­cil apart­ment in London, tricki­ly deflec­ting calls from con­cer­ned social workers. She ear­ns a litt­le money by ste­al­ing. Only some­ti­mes is Georgie sad when she lis­tens to an old voice mes­sa­ge from her mother. Then one day a stran­ge man shows up at her door clai­ming to be her father. Is he a gangs­ter? Or even a vam­pi­re? Slowly she gets invol­ved with Jason, who is some­ti­mes much more of a child than she is. Summery, light and full of humor, the film tells of the rappro­che­ment bet­ween the two and their gro­wing up tog­e­ther and beco­ming child­ren again. (KT)