2013 · drama · romanian
Child's Pose
Directed by Călin Peter Netzer1h 44m2013
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.
Our read: Child's Pose (2013) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romanian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romanian, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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