Matilda (1996) is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl.

The plot centres on Matilda Wormword, a child prodigy who develops psychokinetic abilities to deal with her criminal family and the tyrannical principal, Agatha Trunchbull, of Crunchem Hall Elementary School.

Matilda becomes friendly with Miss Honey who reveals that Miss Trunchbull is her aunt, the woman who “cared” for Miss Honey after her mother died initially, & subsequently after her father died 3 years later.

After Matilda’s parent flee the country to avoid the FBI, Matilda stays on with Miss Honey. Her parents sign adoption papers & Miss Honey becomes the new principal of Crunchem Hall.