UK/USA
2011/35mm/112mins
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This cinematic masterpiece sees Tilda Swinton give a truly breathtaking performance as a mother torn apart by the conflicting emotions she feels for her son and his irredeemable actions.
Based on the best-selling novel by Lionel Shriver about a couple and the psychological torture they endure with the arrival of their dysfunctional son, Kevin. British director Lynne Ramsay creates an intriguing, complex and slowly devastating masterpiece. Alternating between a present loaded with guilt and a past full of frustration, Ramsay slowly unfolds the truth about what Kevin has done and, with it, spins a cinematic vision of contemporary hell around Swinton’s mesmerising performance.
Screenings at Cannes & Toronto Film Festivals
Nominated for the Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival
“a skin-peelingly intimate character study and a brilliantly nihilist, feminist parable” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Swinton is superb, and if there were any doubt she’s one of our greatest living actresses, that has now been removed.” Kevin Jagernauth, IndieWire
Writer/Director Lynne Ramsay Producer Jennifer Fox, Luc Roeg, Robert Salerno Cast Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller Print Source Hopscotch
