A perdre la raison 2012

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: At once beautifully realized and brutally uncompromising ... Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: Belgian director Joachim Lafosse paints an image of how domestic bliss turned untenable builds to a crime unforgivable in Our Children. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: In terms of both plot and style (a string of one-face-then-another handheld shots), Our Children stakes everything on performance. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It's an interesting way to tell a story and a devastating journey, particularly since it's based on a real-life incident. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: This gloomy and penetrating psychological drama should receive steady art house play. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: This is a taut psychological study, based on a true story, of the complexities of personal power relationships that begins with the kind of shattering revelation that would be the conclusion of most films. Read more

Anthony Lane, New Yorker: There is no whodunit here -- the horror is plain in the opening shots -- and the how is presented with great restraint, but the why remains veiled and mysterious long after the film has ended. Read more

Ella Taylor, NPR: Our Children was inspired by a real-life Belgian tragedy, but director Joachim LaFosse has built that news item into his own micro-portrait of coercion dipped in kindness. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: It's a near-perfect portrait of a domestic tragedy as a master-and-servant psychodrama, one that leaves catastrophic collateral damage in its wake. Read more

Violet Lucca, Village Voice: Masterfully plays with stylistic conventions and all-too-common instances of real-life matricide ... Read more