尼柯林是一位经验丰富的心理学家，她在一家惩教机构开始了一份新工作。她遇到了伊德里斯，一个犯下了一系列严重罪行的性犯罪者。经过五年的治疗，他即将开始他的第一个无人陪伴的缓刑期。他的从业团队对他的发展充满热情，但新人尼柯林不信任他，并试图对他的缓刑期施压。伊德里斯尽其所能说服尼柯林相信他的善意，但慢慢地，他变成了她从一开始就在他身上看到的那种控制欲很强的男人。两人之间的权力游戏开始了，尽管尼柯林有知识和经验，她还是完全陷入了困境。
This terrific coming-of-age film tells a story of growing up largely without parents, of the complex world of becoming an adult when the adults aren’t there. It’s the story of Flavia, autonomous and a bit uncouth; Flavia, whose mother works as a carer in Italy, her father on a construction site. She’s adopted a certain sarcasm she uses even with Luca, with whom she flirts in a cool way; the attraction is strong. Luca’s parents aren’t there either and his grandmother is frail, meaning he is the one more or less taking care of his sister Tina – who brings home two more kids with her one day. Fears of commitment and emotional blocks start to dissolve and, like in an adolescent novel, a self-chosen alternative family forms almost in passing, where living in freedom, critical relationships and taking care of one another are a given. Carried by Andrei Butică’s precise, yet loose-limbed camerawork and atmospheric direction inspired by Pialat and Rohmer, the adolescent ensemble takes on responsibility – and gets in the driving seat. Whether visiting caves in the forest or everyday life in a prefab block: their intelligence and vigour are delightful, the dynamics of their shared bonds subtle.
