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MOVIE · 2012

What Maisie Knew

Drama99 min

Six-year-old Maisie is shuttled across New York City as her parents’ divorce hardens into a bitter custody fight, leaving her to make sense of the adults around her mostly on her own. Onata Aprile is Maisie, watching Julianne Moore’s Susanna and Steve Coogan’s Beale move on to new partners and turn every exchange into another contest. As households, loyalties, and routines keep shifting, the film stays close to Maisie’s point of view, catching what she notices in overheard arguments, awkward handoffs, and the small moments of care that break through the chaos.

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