(THREE AND 1/2 STARS)
The story of a gifted girl that appears in a precarious environment and that of a teacher that discovers it and tries to protect it is not, precisely, original.
However, it works (and well) because instead of constantly going down the line (although it does: just not “constantly”) it cares about what its protagonists live and feel.
That bond of empathy gives it a weight that, otherwise, it would not have.
