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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)
, 1h30
Directed by Kōji Shiraishi
Origin Japon
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films, Films about child abuse
Actors Eriko Sato, Miki Mizuno, Chiharu Kawai, Saaya Irie, Kaori Sakagami, Tarō Suwa

As stories about the Kuchisake-onna ("The Slit-Mouthed Woman") spread through a Japanese town, an earthquake causes a corpse matching the entity's description (a woman with long hair, a trench coat, scissors, and a white mask) to break out of a closet in an abandoned house. As that occurs, Noboru Matsuzaki (Haruhiko Kato), a teacher, hears a voice ask "Am I pretty?" At a playground, a boy who had gone looking for the Kuchisake-onna with his friends is grabbed by the creature, which vanishes with him.
La Maladroite
La Maladroite (2018)
, 1h24
Directed by Éléonore Faucher
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Isabelle Carré, Émilie Dequenne, India Hair, Damien Jouillerot

Stella a 6 ans mais rentre pour la première fois à l'école. Joyeuse, exubérante — un peu trop peut-être — c'est une enfant attachante, mais souvent absente. Ses professeurs remarquent des blessures sur son corps, mais la petite fille prétend qu'elle est maladroite, en réalité elle est victime de maltraitance. La petite fille finit par mourir, tuée par ses parents durant une séance de torture.
One Missed Call
One Missed Call (2003)
, 1h52
Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Ghost films, Films about child abuse
Actors Kō Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Anna Nagata, Kazue Fukiishi, Renji Ishibashi, Yutaka Matsushige

College student Yoko Okazaki receives a phone call accompanied by an eerie, unusual ringtone, which goes to voicemail. The call is from Yoko's own number, dated two days to the future. Yoko and her friend Yumi Nakamura listen to the voicemail, hearing Yoko's voice chatting casually, followed by a horrendous scream and then dead silence. Two days later, Yoko calls Yumi that night to discuss shopping plans. Yumi realizes that Yoko is on the exact routine as the voicemail they'd heard before, but can only hear Yoko screaming after she is violently dragged off onto a speeding commuter train, which kills her. Her head then vomits a red candy upon death as her detached hand, still clutching her phone, calls a number. Several days later, Yoko's boyfriend, Kenji Kawai, reveals to Yumi that he had also received a voicemail accompanied by the same ringtone as Yoko's right after her death. Yumi then watches as Kenji is pulled into an empty elevator shaft to his death. He also spits out a red candy and calls a number, like Yoko.
Little Aurore's Tragedy
Little Aurore's Tragedy (1952)
, 1h42
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about children, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films about child abuse
Actors Yvonne Laflamme, Lucie Mitchell, Janette Bertrand, Therese McKinnon, Lucie Poitras, Rolland D'Amour

Basé sur un fait vécu, le film raconte les sévices qu'a dû subir la petite Aurore Gagnon (Yvonne Laflamme) de la part de sa belle-mère marâtre (Lucie Mitchell) à la fin des années 1910.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
, 1h38
Directed by Asia Argento
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Films about child abuse
Actors Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse, Asia Argento, Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster

Sarah (Asia Argento) becomes involved with a series of men who treat her and Jeremiah (Jimmy Bennett) poorly, and she uses them as an excuse to abandon her son. She disappears to Atlantic City with her boyfriend, Emerson (Jeremy Renner), and then abandons him; Emerson returns to their home and rapes Jeremiah. After a trip to hospital, Jeremiah's grandmother (Ornella Muti) takes him to a West Virginian radical Christian cult led by his grandfather (Peter Fonda). After he has been three years with the cult, Sarah returns to reclaim the 11-year-old Jeremiah (Dylan and Cole Sprouse).
The Slightest Gesture
The Slightest Gesture (1971)

Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films about child abuse

Yves est considéré par l’institution hospitalière comme « inéducable et irrécupérable ». Pris en charge en 1958 par Fernand Deligny, éducateur singulier dont les tentatives de cures libres refusaient l’ordinaire des méthodes psychiatriques, Yves devient en 1962 le personnage central d’un film tourné dans les Cévennes. Yves et Richard s’évadent de l’asile. En se cachant, Richard tombe dans un trou. La fille d’un ouvrier de la carrière proche observe Yves resté seul et le ramène à l’asile.
Radio Flyer
Radio Flyer (1992)
, 1h54
Directed by Richard Donner, David M. Evans
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about domestic violence, Films about child abuse
Actors Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco, Tom Hanks, John Heard, Adam Baldwin

Mike (Tom Hanks) is observing his two sons fighting; with one insisting that a promise doesn't mean anything. To make them understand that a promise does mean something, he tells them the story of his youth. Young Mike (Elijah Wood), his little brother Bobby (Joseph Mazzello), their mother Mary (Lorraine Bracco) and their German Shepherd Shane move to a new town after their father/husband leaves them. There, Mary marries a new man named Jack (Adam Baldwin), who likes the others to call him "The King". Unbeknownst to Mary, the King is an alcoholic who often gets drunk and beats Bobby.
The People Under the Stairs
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
, 1h42
Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Comedy horror films, Heist films, Films about child abuse
Actors Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Allison Joy Langer, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen

Poindexter "Fool" Williams is a resident of a Los Angeles ghetto. He and his family are being evicted from their apartment by their landlords, the Robesons.
Thieves of Innocence
Thieves of Innocence (2005)

Directed by Paul Arcand
Genres Drama, Documentary, Romance
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse
Actors Paul Arcand, Dan Bigras

Film choc au style pamphlétaire, le documentaire brosse un portrait critique de la protection de la jeunesse au Québec. Il utilise des chiffres alarmants comme le nombre de signalements à la Direction de la protection de la jeunesse, les estimés du nombre de bébés victimes d’infanticide, le nombre d’enfants placés, etc. pour questionner la responsabilité citoyenne et institutionnelle face aux enfants en besoin de protection. Avec des extraits d’entrevues de victimes, il réfère à des exemples de situations graves et très médiatisés de maltraitance ou d’abus sexuels, comme ceux de Nathalie Simard ou celui du « Bourreau de Beaumont », qui a aussi fait les manchettes et qui a été l’objet d’une enquête de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse dans ce questionnement. Vingt-cinq ans après l’avènement de la Loi sur la protection de la jeunesse, le documentaire critique le système de protection de la jeunesse pour sa grosseur, ses lourdeurs administratives et certaines de ses pratiques.
Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter
Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993)
, 1h30
Directed by Jorge Montesi
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Art Hindle, Rosemary Dunsmore, Janne Mortil, Susan Hogan, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Kate Nelligan

One day at school, 11-year-old Kelly Farrow (Vanessa King)'s classmate tells about a relative who accused a family member of molestation and was sent to jail. Sometime later, after being "spanked" by her dad for locking her little brother in the bathroom, Kelly vows to make him pay. At school the next day, Kelly tells her teacher that her father Gil (Art Hindle) sexually abused her. Kelly speaks with authorities and they arrange to have her father arrested. When her family learns of the accusation, they don't believe her, with the exception of her younger brother Patrick.
Love Child
Love Child (2014)
, 1h15
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about child abuse, Films about child abuse

The film narrates the story of South Korean couple, who were immersed in an online game, while their baby named Sarang died of malnutrition.
My Life as a Zucchini
My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
, 1h6
Directed by Claude Barras
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about child abuse
Actors Michel Vuillermoz, Jean-Loup Horwitz, Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Ellen Page, Amy Sedaris

Un petit garçon termine de dessiner un cerf-volant à l'étage d'une maison remplie de canettes de bière vides. Il empile ensuite des canettes pour en faire une pyramide, mais le tas finit par s'écrouler et par rouler dans l'escalier. Au rez-de-chaussée, une femme ivre regarde une série sentimentale à la télévision. C'est la mère du petit garçon, qu'elle appelle « Courgette ». Au bruit, elle se met en colère et commence à monter l'escalier menant à l'étage, en annonçant au garçon qu'elle va le battre. Effrayé, le garçon referme brusquement la trappe sur la tête de sa mère qui tombe dans l'escalier et ne bouge plus. Au commissariat, un policier, Raymond, prend la déposition du petit garçon qui s'appelle Icare, mais préfère être appelé Courgette. Il n'a plus de père, mais il l'a dessiné sur son cerf-volant qui ne le quitte jamais. Raymond explique à Courgette que sa mère « est partie » et qu'il va l'emmener dans un endroit où vivent des enfants comme lui, qui n'ont plus ni père ni mère : un orphelinat.