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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: Mana gives us compelling, damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse, El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance. Read more
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice: At once subtle and visceral, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful, offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future. Read more