We Need to Talk About Kevin

Synopsis: Psychological drama about a tormented mother grappling with feelings of accountability and intense grief after her troubled 15-year-old son commits an act of violence that shakes their community to its very core. Eva (Tilda Swinton) had a promising career when an unplanned pregnancy threw her life off balance, though she selflessly put her own ambitions aside to give her son Kevin a good life. From the moment Kevin was born, there was a palpable tension between mother and son. Years later, as a teenager, Kevin snaps. As the community recoils from Kevin and his family, Eva begins to question whether or not she ever really loved her son in the first place. Based on the novel by Lionel Shriver.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2012
Year of production: 2011
Subjects: Film studies; Psychology; Mental Health and Counselling
Keywords: abnormal psychology; child development; families; massacres; social psychology; mother-child interaction

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