Light as Feathers

Eryk (Eryk Walny) lives with his mother and grandmother in a Polish village. He’s a big, handsome boy, likeable and naïve - imagine Harry Styles as a linebacker. His mother Ewa (Ewa Makula) barely seems his elder; in fact, the two are sometimes mistaken for lovers and they share an alarming codependency underscored by jealousy and proprietary feelings. Yet Eryk is secretly trysting with his neighbour Klaudia (Klaudia Przybylska), whom he treats with both tenderness and brutality, as though he doesn’t know the difference. (Toronto International Film Festival)