OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE 

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE 

We can’t always con­trol what hap­pens to us, but we can con­trol how we deal with it. 
When the poli­ce turn up at the door, ever­y­thing chan­ges for twel­ve-year-old Olivia, her litt­le brot­her Tim and their mother: They are sud­den­ly thrown out of their apart­ment. To pro­tect Tim from the harsh rea­li­ty, Olivia pas­ses the situa­ti­on off as a movie shoot with him in the lead role. In the new neigh­bor­hood, the mother falls into deep mour­ning and Olivia sud­den­ly has to take respon­si­bi­li­ty. The stop-moti­on film, ani­ma­ted from pla­s­ti­ci­ne, sen­si­tively cap­tures both sad and light-hear­ted moments. A tou­ch­ing sto­ry about pover­ty, emo­tio­nal cri­ses and the cou­ra­ge to be the­re for each other – and a strong plea for soli­da­ri­ty and hope in dif­fi­cult times. (LGR)