With drastic consequences and the existence of the law, how do the rich get away with anything? Child’s Pose doesn’t fully answer the question, but it does present this error of justice through the awful, toxic co-dependency between a son and his overbearing mother. With a car crash serving as an example, the film follows Cornelia Keneres as she does all she can to keep her baby boy from jail. Luminița Gheorghiu excellently portrays Cornelia with the devotion she’s lavished onto her son, and with each new breach, each person she’s had to pay off, and each time she interferes, the film depicts how thankless her efforts actually are. Child’s Pose understands how pathetic these rich bastards are, and rightfully mocks them for it.
"Guillermo del Toro handles Mary Shelley’s canonical text with the tenderness of a butterfly, exulting in the author’s wisdom and sense of high tragedy while bringing his own steampunk spin to the material."
— Sophie Monks Kaufman
"Where Shelley wrote a gothic thriller in a somewhat realist register, this version of Frankenstein is a grand gothic fairytale and, like all the great fairytales, it’s at its best when it bleeds."
— Catherine Bray
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.
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.
Berlin
2 wins
European Film Awards
1 nomination
