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‘Caravan’ Review: Tender Debut Feature Focuses on a Single Mom’s Experience with Her Disabled Son
Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová’s life informs this tender, freewheeling mother-son road-trip movie, which moves through both picturesque countryside and tougher emotional territory.
Exhausted and piqued after overhearing a patronizing conversation about David, Ester leaves in the caravan, taking her son on an impromptu drive, during which they are joined by livewire free spirit Zuza (Juliana Brutovska). Partly as a result of the road-trip format, “Caravan” isn’t tightly plotted, with vignettes unfolding in fairly interchangeable order as Ester, David and Zuza attempt to make their way in the world. Rooted in Kirchnerová’s own life raising a child with Down syndrome and autism, the film has a fundamental tenderness running throughout, while tougher scenes earn their place at the table with their sense of authenticity and personal testimony.
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