Madre e hijo

...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...

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

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

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

A film as intricate and distressing as a family row.

...Luminita Gheorghius [er formidabel som den iskolde Cornelia, der med en rovdyrs blik i øjnene usympatisk forhandler sig til sønnens frihed.