the fox and the child be the late film from march of the penguin filmmaker frenchman luc jacquet . the movie and which boast just one human be in it cast and young actress bertille noël bruneau and tell the story of the rather rare and though seemingly believable relationship between a child and a wild fox . part nature documentary and and part fairy tale and the film focus on linfant and the child and who on her way to school one day come across the path of a wild fox in a picturesque setting and possibly france and though the exact location be never mention . over the coming week the child revisit the place where she find her fox hopeful that one of say day she will see say fox and who she begin to call lily and once again . and so it go on . day turn to week and and then the summer disappears and turn to fall and then winter and promting some superb cinematography of the sweeping and white winter landscape . eventually and spring come around again and and the young child find her fox and and indeed do strike up a friendship with the animal . and so on . i have little to no expectation for the fox and the child . i have see march of the penguin and be simply in awe at the film making contain in that movie . luc jacquet be a hugely talented and and indeed rare film maker and and i be expect some superb and breathtaking cinematography and sweeping vista and brilliant footage of the wildlife . this be deliver in spade . but here jacquet have a screen write credit and and not know anything about the movie prior to the screening and i expect something a little different than what have previously be see in march . a fictional story . the child and the fox and the story be simple . a young and seemingly lonely child life in a house in the middle of nowhere and walk to school and seemingly on her own and every day and seemingly without a care in the a seemingly perfect world . without the hint of an adult in sight . brilliant . so she strike up a friendship with a fox . with a film like this and you have to dismiss your own opinion of the movie and put yourselves in the shoe of the target audience . this be a film which be aim directly at child from the age of and i would say and six and up . or to family who fancy a trip to the cinema with their breed one wet sunday afternoon . not a 31 year old male who get his kick from film like the recent and brilliant want and the like . but and me be the newbie london critic and i put myself in the shoe of an excited eight year old girl for the 95 or so minute of the fox and the child . now and i have a few problem with this film . a a 31 year old lad and and loyal lover of all thing cinematic and i love the wildlife and landscape photography . it visually stun . the direction of the animal character be brilliantly execute as good a you will find on any of attenborough effort . a an impressionable and short attention span eight year old and i love about the first half hour then i lose interest . it a little repetitive and in place quite harrow and bloody scary for a young child and particularly the rather dark end . a a 31 year old male i be a little frightened in place . wuss . so and it not a child film . it not really an adult film and i felt a little let down . be it a good family film . depend . it educational maybe and and the film carry a message . it definitely not a film i would pay the hard earn green to go see and i be rack my brain to try and recommend it to a certain type of film goer . it hard and but i know some will go see and fall in love this film . it very european in feel and certainly if you be a fan of wildlife theme flick and give it a try . unsure . well i would wait for the dvd for a wet sunday afternoon in then . paul heath and http represent or or www . thehollywoodnews . com and july 2008 .