The back and forth between the sheriff and
the despondent mother are simultaneously heartbreaking, infuriating, and with his mastery of balance, a sense of levity despite such sadness.
Not exact matches
But as it becomes increasingly clear, Haneke is showing us the various familial influences that contribute to the alienation felt by troubled 13 - year - old Eve Laurent (Fantine Harduin), a
despondent loner who's forced to live with her estranged father, Thomas (Mathieu Kassovitz), after she poisons her biological
mother.
When they were told about the tiger, Bakhul's
mother and father were
despondent beyond words.