Child's Pose

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Goran G @RT57685000 11/16/2023 I don't know why all the movie sites as a synopsis have 'hit-and-run' conviction. It wasn't hit and run, just for the record! However, the mother is absolute hit here, as a manipulative character in a brilliant performance by Luminita Gheorghiu. See more Nawt W @RT94004908 09/26/2022 Primarily, this is a movie about class and how everything can be bought and sold through connections, bribes, and favors, just like in any post-communist eastern European country. But on the surface, this is an incredible character study of a controlling mother who can't quite figure out where she went wrong that her son ended up like this, complemented by a lack of music and long periods of poignant silence of contemplation. She clearly loved him very much, but it didn't stop him from turning into a man-child with no aspirations and more insecurities than even his all-seeing mother could perceive. It's all been done wonderfully. Every actor gives it their best. From a subtle entitlement frown to vile disgust to feigned grief. Unfortunately, the hand-held filming doesn't produce vivid images or scenes, and it's just shot/reverse shot through the whole movie. See more 06/17/2015 I just loved this. What an intimate delivery all around, of a very real family situation. Audience must speculate a bit about the mother/son relationship, but that's part of its uniqueness. See more 05/12/2015 Un guion fantástico, y actuaciones increíbles, la ganadora del Oso de Oro 2013 en Berlín es imperdible. See more 03/28/2015 On the one hand this is a deeply disturbing glimpse into the psychology of an overtly-privilleged family and a mother trying to do anything to save her son from paying for an accidental murder. On the other it is a scathing socio-political allegory of Eastern Europe's "Nouveau Riche" entitlement and a system that supports it. A tough slice of neorealism made sharp as a knife and devastating by an unforgettable performance form Luminita Gheorghiu as the savagely desperate mother. See more 02/04/2015 In italiano "il caso Kerenes". Un film che fa capire che tutto il mondo é paese, anzi a volte peggio. See more Read all reviews

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