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Child's Pose

2013, Movie, 1h 44min

Child's Pose is a contemporary drama focusing on the relationship between a mother and her 32-year-old son. After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses to accept that her son is a grown-up man.

Country: Romania

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Reviews

Critic Sheila O'Malley

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...an extremely strong and upsetting film, yet another example of the fascinating things going on in Romania's new wave, with a breathtaking lead performance by Luminita Gheorghiu...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Mike D'Angelo

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...Gheorghiu makes Cornelia a consistently compelling figure...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic David Parkinson

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The dialogue crackles, however, and Luminita Gheorghiu excels as the matriarch pulling strings after her feckless son’s car kills a child.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Beech

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A film as intricate and distressing as a family row.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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...en engagerende og ofte chokerende fortælling om den ultimative kærlighed, som i sin besidderiske natur bliver det stik modsatte; ødelæggende, opslidende og fjendsk.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Critic Eva Af Geijerstam

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...är både ett psykodrama och en skildring av de rikas förakt för de fattiga.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter

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Child's Pose is a gripping drama that explores the complex relationship between a mother and her 32-year-old son. When the son is involved in a tragic car accident that kills a young boy, his mother, a wealthy and powerful architect, will stop at nothing to prevent him from going to prison. She embarks on a campaign of emotional manipulation and bribery to discredit the witnesses and influence the investigation. But as she struggles to protect her son, she also risks losing him forever. This Romanian film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and features a powerful performance by Luminita Gheorghiu as the mother.

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You can stream Child's Pose on: Apple TV

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Child's Pose was released in theaters on February 19, 2014.