Recalling the best of Italian neorealism, the film follows a woman who's got a weekend to convince her co-workers to forego their bonuses to save her job. (waytooindie.com)
Undoubtedly a very fraught and brave production, and playing not unlike a cross between John Hillcoat's recent Cormac McCarthy adaptation, The Road, and something out of the Rossellini canon circa Germany Year Zero (1948), Son of Babylon is a frightening reminder that what would generically constitute a post-apocalyptic road movie in the West is the stuff of a brand of neorealism in the Middle East. (sensesofcinema.com)
Il Brigante di Tacca del Lupo represented another move away from neorealism into sheer commercialism by Italian filmmker Pietro Germi. (rottentomatoes.com)