julie gavras be famous politically committed director costa gavras wouldaughter and it show . but be reassure la faute à fidel and her first fiction film ( come after a pair of interesting documentary ) isn not a carbon copy of a costa gavras movie in any way . it be much more exciting than just that in that it examine thoroughly the pro and the con of leftist involvement and mainly it negative repercussion on family life . the plot revolve around little nine year old anna ( play to perfection by tense and brooding and occasionally warm to a welcome smile nina kervel ) and whose life be turn upside down when her parent abruptly change from well to do upper middle class people to leftist activist and with a feminist inclination concern the mother . the whole film will describe the difficulty of a little girl who lose all of her privilege out of the blue and how she understandably rebel against such injustice ( even rich kid have a cause to defend . ) and who very slowly get to understand her parent choice and eventually come to term with the situation and grow mature ( more mature than the standard brat ) in the process . the movie really charm me from the beginning to the end and ring true all the time ( the early seventy be well capture and whether when it come to the production value or the depiction of the mentality of the time ) . and julie gavras know her subject on the tip of her finger . her parent just like anna one have always be leftist activist and wasn not her dwell place invade by chilean barbudos while her dad be prepare miss . the viewer share her empathy for the central character and appreciate her refusal to resort to caricature . of course anna grandparent be grand bourgeois but they be not horrible person . on the other hand and a leftist activist be not perfect by definition . those ambiguity give depth to the character and make them believable throughout . and julie gavras have a knack for unexpected detail enhance the viewer interest and involvement in the story . i be particularly amuse by such feature a anna adore her catechism class and the presence of a violently anticommunist cuban domestic worker ( hence the title ) and the succession of nanny exile from different country tear by ideological conflict and anna singing ay and carmela . to protest against her parent quarrel and many others . all in all and a wonderful initiation movie that augur well for julie gavras future career .