jpjensen

A female medical student I 1937 was expected to be a very decent and hardworking person - and indeed Ellen Klausen is - complete with tie and big glasses. And a bit in love with the handsome professor in anatomy too. But she earns money for her study as the wild and almost sexy jazz-club singer "Mille". The professor, bachelor off cause, meets "Mille", and believes that she is not Ellen, but Ellen's sister. Later the hardworking student gets yet another undercover job, as the very simpleminded and hardworking maid "Marie." What a surprise - the same professor meets Marie too, believing she must be a third sister... The complications are rather amusing, and the end won't surprise anyone. But the gem value in this oldtimer lies in the Marguerite Viby's wonderful triple role.

Celia is a 9 year old girl with a lot of imagination. She lives with her family in South Australia in the fifties. She has a strong will, lots of charm and wit. Her family are communists, which makes them kind of outcasts in the society, and Celia has to fight mobbing schoolmates as well as discriminating teachers. She manages to do that very well. All this gives a rather frank and funny description of childhood problems, and Rebecca Smart plays her part extremely well. But Celia is not just a charming kid - when she hates, she really hates. And when she fantasizes about mysterious evil animals, she can't quite distinguish fantasy from reality. Which might seem rather normal, but Celia lives in a house, where a loaded gun is available... This movie is very entertaining, giving a varied picture of growing-up - and one can really feel the emotions and confusions, which is a part of being nine years old. At times the film becomes perhaps a bit too confusing - it can be quite difficult to follow the girls vivid imagination. But I'll guess, you have the same problem in the real world...