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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1997 - 20.27 July

Sections & Films

MAJA STONEFACE

Category: Edition 1997

Synpopsis
What happens to 10-year-old Maya when she discovers that the world's best dad has a long-legged, dark-haired secret? If your Indian name is Maya Stoneface, you put on your war paint with your best friend Silvia and raise the war-cry. But Maya finds herself alone after Silvia moves away and Mom goes to the hospital to have her baby brother. It is then that Maya discovers her independence and that's when things begin to happen. Maya meets Gloria who has determined that parents are best kept separately, but Maya, like most children, wants a mother and a father in the same place, and takes matters into her own hands. Even if Dad is blinded by love, he hadn't counted on Indians being able to see in the dark. As long as Maya gets to decide, the cowboys will never win. Maya Stoneface is a fresh and humorous family film which at its core is firmly anchored in a warm and close father/daughter relationship.

Original Title Maja Steinansikt
Italian Title La scappatella di papà
Category Official Competition
Section Childhood screens
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 85'
Production Year 1996
Nationality Norway
Directed by Lars Berg
Screenplay Elsa Kvamme
Music Knut Halmrast
Main cast May-Thali Magnussen-Liberman, Øyvin Bang Berven, Pia Borgli

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