Child's Pose (Pozitia copilului)

Showings

State Theatre Fri, Aug 1, 2014 12:00 PM
Sponsored by:
The Homestead
Old Town Playhouse Sat, Aug 2, 2014 9:00 PM
Sponsored by:
Angela Schuler and Randy Chapman
Film Info
Section:Foreign
Release Year:2013
Runtime:112 min.
Rating:NR
Production Country:Romania
Original Language:Romanian
Subtitles:English
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Bogdan Dumitrache
Luminita Gheorghiu
Florin Zamfirescu
Natasa Raab
Ilinca Goia
Vlad Ivanov
Mimi Branescu
Director:Calin Peter Netzer
Produced by:Calin Peter Netzer
Ada Solomon
Screenwriter:Razvan Radulescu
Calin Peter Netzer
Cinematography:Andrei Butica
Editing By:Dana Bunescu
Music By:Cristian Tarnovetchi

Description

Winner of the top prize at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival, this riveting psychological thriller is the latest in a string of great dramas coming from Romania. In one of the best performances you’ll see at the festival, Luminita Gheorghiu stars as Cornelia, a well-to-do retired architect in Bucharest with a fanatical devotion to her only child, thirty-something Barbu. When Barbu runs over and kills a teenage boy in the suburbs, Cornelia will stop at nothing to save her “poor boy” from any jail time—even if it means bribing witnesses, turning in false police reports, and pressuring the victim’s family. Director Calin Peter Netzer offers razor-sharp social satire in this brilliantly-wrought film, a spellbinding drama about class, family, and obsession.