MIFF 2017 - Day 11

The Family I Had

Absolutely harrowing, but also slightly hopeful. It's a documentary about a mother whose son murdered her daughter. Years later, she still visits and speaks to him, but she is under no illusions about how dangerous and manipulative he is. The entire family is full of tragedy, bad life choices and dysfunction, but they struggle on. It's a complex and detailed investigation of a family under extreme stress trying to love, and a generational legacy it finds hard to break free of.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Well, that was cheery. A very, very offbeat horror movie about a surgeon being terrorised by the son of a patient who died on the operating table. There's no logic to it, but then it's Yorgos Lanthimos and nothing he does makes sense. But it's powerful and unsettling.

PACMen

Follows two Super PACs campaigning for Ben Carsons in the Republican primary. It's purely observational and lacks a lot of insight as a result. I learned more from the Q&A afterwards. But it's fun and has its moments.