We Need to Talk About Kevin (Film)
- Tilda Swinton: Eva Khatchadourian
- Ezra Miller: Kevin Khatchadourian
- John C. Reilly: Franklin
- Jasper Newell: Kevin as a 6- 8- year-old
- Rock Duer: Kevin as a toddler
- Ashley Gerasimovich: Celia
We need to talk about Kevin is a British film director Lynne Ramsay from the year 2011. The film is based on the novel of the author Lionel Shriver.
Action
Eva Khatchadourian is a travel journalist. Your old, happy life takes an abrupt turn when she is mother for the first time. You can not build a relationship with her son Kevin. He shows towards her as non-reactive and emotionally cold and seems everything she loves and appreciates to want to destroy. Finally, the familial relationship ends in a cruel act of violence, in which Kevin not only more students but also kills his father and sister.
The mother -child relationship is told in a flashback. In the present, Eva lives without a husband and children in the same small town in which it is then drawn at the insistence of his father Kevin 's sake. Today, she is ostracized by the residents. Graffiti of the house and slaps on public roads seem to be not uncommon.
Criticism
Wanting "Without the causes ( ... ) explain the film the horror and bewilderment formulated in his subjective approach forcefully in the face of an assault which seems to deny a rational access. Thanks to a strong lead actress and the virtuoso cinematic implementing a captivating, disturbing film. "
" " We Need to Talk About Kevin " is the story of a cruel alienation. An act of violence of film with a furious aufspielenden Tilda Swinton. "
" The splendid spectacle of Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton and the outstanding second half of film making from a seemingly manageable original story a strong film that takes its audience through its surprises in the stranglehold and not let go. "
Awards
The film was awarded, among others, at the British Independent Film Awards in 2011 and the Evening Standard British Film Awards 2011 for Best Picture, as well as at the London Critics ' Circle Film Award for Best British film.
Tilda Swinton won, among others, the European Film Awards 2011 in the category Best Actress as well as the Online Film Critics Society Awards in the category Best Actress.
In addition, the film was nominated for the British Academy Film Awards for the categories Best Director, Best Actress and Best British film.