A Silence

"There is a gasping power to its staggered reveals, and a searching sadness to the emerging family portrait that outweighs the film’s shock factor."

"It feels as if a subtly expert director has been outflanked by the demands of a reality-based drama."

"A gripping, gut-wrenching experience."

"Lafosse has never been a very cheery director, but (this) is probably his bleakest film to date."

"A simplistic, highly moralistic and dramatically wish-fulfilling assessment of its complex subjects."