The Secret and The Caterpillar Wish

The Caterpillar Wish (Sandra Sciberras, 2005) is a coming-of-age film dominated by the idea of 'the secret': that truth that is kept hidden either because of what it reveals – about the person who hides it, or the nature of things and events – or for fear of social disapproval. Secrets drive the film's narrative and also stand at its moral centre.