Robert Machoian – director – God Bless the Child
One of the directors of GOD BLESS THE CHILD, Robert Machoian talks about the choice of making such a beautiful and complex movie, and how shooting with small kids was a challenge, a sometimes unnerving situation, but also a very rewarding choice in the end.
GOD BLESS THE CHILD: Rebecca is a mother who suffers from depression. She is so distant and unstable that she abandons her five children, in search of what seems like yet another escape from reality. Thirteen-year-old Harper has to take Rebecca’s place as a mother and care for her four younger siblings, one of whom is only twelve months old. During a long summer day, Rebecca’s five children share chaos, intimate moments, uncertainties, adventures and games. Through their eyes, the world becomes a fantasy place, where everything takes on a new and unexpected aura.