Caravan (2025) Cannes 2025

Ester is a single mother who is forced to take her mentally challenged son on a trip to Italy

This is a very intense drama that is there is justice will be in the running for a lot of awards. This is a film that looks at parents and disabled children and doesn't shy away from the tough bits. It's a film that comes from director Zuzana Kirchnerová's personal experience with her son not only has Downs Syndrome and Autism, as a result the film shows both the ups and downs of the mother and child relationship. More importantly the film makes sure that we know how much love is there.

Anna Geislerová, plays Ester and should be on the Oscar short list. Because this isn't a big flashy foreign film the odds are it's not going to get the notice it needs to clean up. That's a shame because it is a fully invested performance that completely feels natural. I was moved. 

David Vodstrcil is incredible as David the young man with issues. As I write this just over two weeks from the film's premeire at Cannes it appears that CARAVAN is his first film, but I highly doubt that it will be his last. It's a staggering first cinematic performance.

I don't know what else to say other than this is one of the great films at Cannes.

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