Violet
After an argument with his mother, 12-year-old Dan, who suffers from scoliosis, seeks love and intimacy from 17-year-old Anna, who is supposed to look after him. While his mother, who works for a security company, is on the night shift, Dan and Anna cross set boundaries.
Summary
Violet is an intimate coming-of-age drama centered on Dan, a sensitive 12-year-old boy living with scoliosis and struggling to find his place at home and among his peers. After a painful argument with his mother, Dan is left in the care of Anna, a 17-year-old who is meant to look after him while his mother works the night shift for a security company. What begins as an uneasy evening between two young people gradually becomes an emotionally charged encounter, as Dan seeks the affection, understanding, and intimacy he feels are missing from his life. The film focuses on the shifting boundaries between childhood and adolescence, innocence and curiosity, care and desire. Dan’s vulnerability is at the heart of the story, while Anna is portrayed as a teenager navigating her own uncertainty and responsibility. Their interaction unfolds against the absence of adult supervision, revealing how loneliness and a longing for connection can make boundaries difficult to recognize and uphold. Rather than offering easy judgments, Violet examines the emotional confusion surrounding adolescence, the need for tenderness, and the consequences of adults failing to protect or communicate with children. Its restrained approach gives the story an unsettling, compassionate quality without reducing its characters to simple victims or villains.
