Drama · Thriller
French
1992 · Directed by Agnieszka Holland · 104 min
A country veterinarian's family in rural France is broken apart when their nine-year-old son vanishes on the way to his grandmother's house. The film follows the aftermath with the patience of a family drama and the unease of a thriller.
Why it matters in cinema history
A representative example of early 1990s European art cinema, where psychological family drama borrows the structure of a mystery. It also shows how directors formed in Polish cinema's moral-questioning tradition continued their work in Western Europe.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about how a family's grief reshapes everyone in the house, rather than as a puzzle to solve.
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