Esther, Orphan (2009)
Esther is an orphan who presents herself as a very demure and angelic little girl. She wears doll-like dresses, Peter Pan Collars, bows in her pigtails, and ribbons around her neck. Her well-mannered behavior and painting talents make her an immediate choice to be adopted by an American family. She exhibits strange behaviors—such as observing her adopted parents in intimate moments or pushing her sibling off a playground. They become worse as the film goes on until we learn the source of all her violent frustrations: Esther is actually a grown, 33-year-old woman who looks like a 9-year-old girl, and she’s taking her rage out on everyone for not being able to enjoy life as a normal adult.
