The film evokes the short therapies with a lot of realism and truth, even in 140 minutes - what can be considered as a very difficult exercise. There is not, like in many French or American films, "miserabilism" or "sensationalism". The adventure of Laura can be said authentic. I may say I have an excellent knowledge of psycho- analysis (for having been passionate about the theories of Freud and Lacan for many years) and transactional analysis (for having attended training courses, formations and reading books). I would not cut any phrase from this movie.
The film analyzes the structures giving birth to personality, following the pattern of the "triangle dramatique", and "sticking together" thanks to culpability. The parallelism between mother and child is very effective: at the end, the mother happens to begin her analysis by the same denial complex as her own child - "I am not the one that should be cured, but ..."
The film analyzes the structures giving birth to personality, following the pattern of the "triangle dramatique", and "sticking together" thanks to culpability. The parallelism between mother and child is very effective: at the end, the mother happens to begin her analysis by the same denial complex as her own child - "I am not the one that should be cured, but ..."