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MONEY
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Shot for just $1.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Child's Pose
2013 1h 44m RO
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6.7
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92%
CERTIFIED FRESH
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77
METACRITIC
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7.3
IMDB
★6.7TMDB · 149🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●77Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 8,960
Drama
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Vlad Ivanov
Dinu Laurențiu
Luminița Gheorghiu
Cornelia Kerenes - Mother
Bogdan Dumitrache
Barbu - Son
Florin Zamfirescu
Aurelian Făgărașanu
Mimi Brănescu
agent Pricop
Tania Popa
Luminița Angheliu
Adrian Titieni
Traian Angheliu
Ilinca Goia
Carmen
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Călin Peter Netzer
- Writers
- Răzvan Rădulescu, Călin Peter Netzer
- Languages
- Romanian
- Countries
- Romania
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ERA
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Released 13 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Călin Peter Netzer, shot by Andrei Butica. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Dana Bunescu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Vlad Ivanov and Luminița Gheorghiu and Bogdan Dumitrache carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt2187115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Călin Peter Netzer directs. Andrei Butica behind the camera. Dana Bunescu cuts. Produced in Romania. Dialogue in Romanian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $1.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 13 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Călin Peter Netzer, shot by Andrei Butica. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Dana Bunescu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Vlad Ivanov and Luminița Gheorghiu and Bogdan Dumitrache carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt2187115 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Andrei Butica
- Editing
- Dana Bunescu
- Production design
- Mălina Ionescu
- Runtime
- 104 min · 1h 44m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,104,000
- Original language
- RO
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 92% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 77/100
- IMDB rating
- 7.3/10 · 8,960 votes
- MPAA
- Not Rated
- US box office
- $97,170
Awards
13 wins & 8 nominations
- Golden Bear
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Călin Peter Netzer
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Community reviews
What people are saying
- badelf★ 5/10
A rather boring movie about an over-protective, overbearing mother and her predictably neurotic son.
Production companies
Who made it
Parada Film
RO
- HA
Hai Hui Entertainment
Key crew
- ProducerAda Solomon
- EditorDana Bunescu
- Production DesignMălina Ionescu
- ProducerCălin Peter Netzer
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- car accident
- mother figure
- oedipus complex
- romanian new wave
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2014-02-19
Also known as
International titles
- 愛的佔有慾TW
- Mère et filsFR
- La mirada del hijoES
- 아들의 자리KR
