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We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay / GB, US, 2011 / 112 min.
Radically stylised, psychological drama based on Lionel Shriver’s novel. Tilda Swinton’s role as the mother of a sociopathic teen is a tour de force. Spine-chillingly good. Also features John C. Reilly as Eva's naive husband.
Eva (Tilda Swinton) is a travel writer who gives up her bohemian lifestyle when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. Her relationship with her son Kevin is difficult from the start. Kevin develops from a needy baby into a difficult, demanding toddler (Rocky Duer) and then into a sociopathic teen (Ezra Miller). Aged 15, Kevin commits an irrational act of violence that shocks the whole community.
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Director
Lynne Ramsay
Production year
2011
Country
GB, US
Original title
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Length
112 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Britain’s Brightest
Idiosyncratic British filmmakers Andrea Arnold (1961) and Lynne Ramsay (1969) make films like their lives depend on it. Perhaps not in terms of quantity, but certainly in terms of urgency.
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