La cabeza alta

El joven actúa bien, es un hilo funcional de la narración. Pero ¿para qué? Es solamente en la parte final cuando la película por fin deja de ser una larga, ordinaria y monótona observación de excentricidades repetidas de un rebelde adolescente y sus entrevistas posteriores en la oficina de la juez Denevue. Y eso no despierta en el espectador ni un atisbo de interés por los personajes ni por vivencia cinematográfica alguna. Es al final, cuando empieza a pasar algo, que en una película mejor pensada surgiría después de la primera media hora y se usaría como un escalón para iniciar un drama satisfactorio. (27.04.2016)

The film has something to build on - a strong theme, a great lead actor, and the ability to procedurally portray the system of care for troubled teenagers, but it does not have enough skills to move beyond mere empathy and lack of opinion, which is replaced by symptomatic and very cumbersome choice of classical music (unfortunately, this is not The Kid with a Bike). Bercot certainly does not lack interest and feeling in working with actors, but unfortunately she lacks the ability to build this portrait of a sociopath urgently, dynamically and with the ability to bring the viewer out of his comfort zone... The result is only a fairly decent social drama. [Cannes 2015] (14.05.2015)

I can't help but feel that if it had ended differently, I might have appreciated it more, but as it is, it seems like the film paints something that isn't entirely realistic. Maybe that's how human destiny, at least in this rendition, might actually turn out. The lead actor, Rod Paradot, however, really took on his role excellently and portrayed it very well in all aspects. (07.08.2017)