Betty Fisher and Other Stories
“Crimes of passion are not always between lovers.”
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Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.
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A deeply unsettling and somber exploration of grief's darkest corners. This film feels like a slow descent into psychological turmoil, where desperation warps maternal instincts into something profoundly disturbing. It's a heavy, character-driven experience.
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