Puberty is giving 12-year-old Adar a rough ride. The talented girl refuses to go to school and prefers whiling away her days in the liberal environment of her home, where she observes her mother conducting a carefree sex life with her partner Michael. The latter has just lost his job and now spends lots of time with Adar playing games and having a bit of harmless fun. The dynamics of the story change when Adar returns from wandering the streets with a new friend in tow, Alan, who bears a striking resemblance to her. Adar doesn’t like the way Michael pays him more attention, and the wide-open family relationships suddenly start to turn into something far more sinister. Princess plays out in a small apartment which the protagonists seldom leave; all the same, we don’t get any sense of confinement or monotony. Soft, sensual light floods the windows, evoking a singular, erotic atmosphere in combination with the film’s warm tonality. Newcomer Shira Haas excels in the lead role, an actress able to express with one glance the kind of emotions no words can convey.