Thanks to Palace Films we are giving away a double pass of the Golden Bear 2013 movie winner Child’s Pose!
Palace Films
presents
CHILD’S POSE
A film by Calin Peter Netzer
Winner – Berlin Film Festival 2013 – Golden Bear
Starring
Luminita Gheorghiu
Bogdan Dumitrache, Ilinca Goia, Natasa Raab, Florin Zamfirescu, Vlad Ivanov
Australian Release: May 15, 2014
Rating: M
CHILD’S POSE
Hailed internationally by audiences and critics, and popular winner of the coveted Golden Bear at the 2013 Berlinale, Calin Peter Netzer‘s CHILD’S POSE is a riveting thriller that centres on the vice-like grip of a mother’s misplaced affection for her son, and the repercussions of her actions when his wellbeing is placed in jeopardy.
60-year-old Cornelia (the phenomenal Luminita Gheorghiu) leads a life of privilege, social power and abundant material wealth in contemporary Bucharest, but life is not perfect. More than anything in the world, she longs for her 34 year-old son Barbu (Bogdan Dumitrache) to reciprocate her unreserved affections. Perhaps as a consequence, he can barely tolerate her presence - something the domineering Cornelia blames on Barbu’s live-in girlfriend (who has a child from a previous relationship).
The balance of power irrevocably shifts one cold evening when Barbu is involved in a tragic car accident. Seeing her chance to regain control, Cornelia commences a frighteningly well-
orchestrated campaign to save her son from prison. Unfortunately the germaphobic, foul-mouthed Barbu, boiling with anger yet hopelessly emasculated, refuses to play along…
Propelled by Gheorghiu’s towering, tour-de-force performance and a razor-sharp attention to class and generational resentments, Netzer’s engrossing film lays bare the moral bankruptcy of upper class, post-Ceaușescu Romanian society and its institutions in expert fashion. Disquieting but also compassionate, this examination of guilt and the crippling effects of loss became a national talking point upon release in Romania last year (breaking 20 year-old box office records) and makes for a fascinating, unforgettable cinema experience.
http://local.my247.com.au/brisbane/12155/win/win-a-double-pass-to-child-s-pose/2078Closing Date: Wed. 14 May 14
