Călin Peter Netzer

Romanian families in which love looks a lot like control. In Child's Pose, an affluent mother sees her adult son's manslaughter charge as a chance to take charge of his life again. Ana, My Love follows two literature students who fall in love, and the years he spends following her through her panic attacks. Medal of Honor is a gentler comedy about a 75-year-old man given a war medal for heroics he barely remembers.

Signature

• Possessive parents and partners.
• Class and influence in post-communist Romania (Child's Pose).
• Handheld, close observation.
• A relationship told out of order (Ana, My Love).