

Ultimately, Nitram is about Australian society’s failure to keep guns out of inappropriate hands. This is a case where everyone - his critical mother (Judy Davis, 66, emotionally stripped bare), his father (an impressive Anthony LaPaglia, 63) and the kooky heiress up the street (Essie Davis, 52, of The Babadook) - knew something was very off but wasn’t equipped to contain him.

The film portrays the shooter as a physically mature young man of limited intelligence who loves lighting fireworks but has a loose grip on consequences.
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Justin Kurzel’s disturbing drama digs under the sweaty skin of Nitram (an engrossing Caleb Landry Jones) in a fictional excavation of what drove one Australian to commit the country’s deadliest mass shooting, the Port Arthur massacre, in 1996. There’s no fluff, just an unusual exploration of the mother-daughter bond - and this stunning premise: What would a child encounter if they met their parent as a youth? The answer is an emotional experience like no other. The Sanz sisters deliver fresh, naturalistic performances. Over time, Nelly realizes her new playmate’s true identity, and how they can support each other through challenging times. As the girls play together, their bond grows.

While exploring the nearby forest, Nelly befriends a mysterious 8-year-old (Gabrielle Sanz). The vivid Petite Maman, or Little Mother, follows 8-year-old Nelly (Josephine Sanz) on a melancholy trip with her parents to empty her late grandmother’s cabin. From Celine Sciamma, the brilliant French director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, comes a clear-eyed, intimate, beautifully rendered story about three generations of women - and one beautiful child’s fantastical encounter with her mother as a young girl.
