The Child

The Child

Year: 1977

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Voskanian

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Set in early‑20th‑century California, young Alicianne accepts a position as nanny to the recently orphaned Rosalie Nordon. En route to the remote Nordon estate, a neighbor cautions her about the family’s dark reputation. At the house she encounters the grim, reclusive Mr. Nordon, his socially‑awkward son Len, and the aloof Rosalie, a girl whose anger seems to give her the unsettling ability to animate objects around her.

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