If Beth de Araújo’s “Soft & Quiet” was a brass-knuckled jab, her follow-up, the 2026 Sundance premiere “Josephine,” is her title-winning haymaker.Fearlessness is Araújo’s superpower, evident in the filmmaker’s unflinching approach to confronting gut-wrenching topics. Here, she views the world’s cruelty through the eyes of an eight-year-old. We watch as a bubbly, bouncy little tyke grows frozen and jaded toward humanity, when she should be frolicking, unworried, and beaming with enthusiasm.
