The Dandelions 

A French-Jewish girl seeks freedom from her overbearing parents in THE DANDELIONS, an endearing and poignant coming-of-age dramedy that deftly explores the burdens of the adult world from a child’s perspective.

Sassy nine-year-old Rachel Gladstein (Juliette Gombert) is caught between the smothering love of her Tunisian-Jewish, meatball-fixated mother (Agnès Jaoui); her largely disinterested and Holocaust-obsessed father (Denis Podalydès); and her sickly grandmother (Judith Magre) with whom she shares a bedroom. The family dysfunction prompts therapy with a most unusual psychiatrist, Madame Trebla (Isabella Rossellini), while Rachel’s life is further upended by a touchy friendship with wild-child classmate Valérie (Anna Lemarchand). The staidness of a 1980s provincial home is blended with childlike flights of fancy through imaginative cinematography, production and costume design.

Adopted from the Raphaële Moussafir novel and featuring engaging performances by a cast of A-listers and standout child actors, THE DANDELIONS brims with nostalgia while confronting the bittersweet lessons.

To purchase tickets, visit: http://www.ajff.org/film/dandelions

Where: UA Tara Cinemas (2345 Cheshire Bridge Road NE, Atlanta, GA)
When: Monday, Feb. 04, 2013 | 12:00 PM

Where: Lefont Sandy Springs (5920 Roswell Road C-103  Atlanta, GA)
When:  Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 | 4:30 PM
           Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 | 12:10 PM