Extremely precise and realistic depiction of domestic violence from the perspectives of the magistrate, the son and the wife, framed by the unrelentingly rational court session in the beginning and the inescapable tension and terror of the final breaking and entering. Every detail in between is a perfect angle well executed. Nice little self-contained piece of cinema with an important socio-political message.
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