Cornelias kärlek

Pozitia Copilului

...Gheorghiu makes Cornelia a consistently compelling figure...

The dialogue crackles, however, and Luminita Gheorghiu excels as the matriarch pulling strings after her feckless son’s car kills a child.

A film as intricate and distressing as a family row.

...an extremely strong and upsetting film, yet another example of the fascinating things going on in Romania's new wave, with a breathtaking lead performance by Luminita Gheorghiu...

Any other year – a year in which the incomparable Paulina García wasn’t ruling the roost – and this film’s leading lady, Luminita Gheorghiu, might have walked off with Best Actress, too.