Room (dir. Lenny Abrahmson) x VIFF 2015.

Brie Larson continues her string of strong performances in small but very worthy independent dramas. Here, she’s tasked to play a captive victim held prisoner for many years in the titular Room while raising her five-year-old son, played by the impressively emotional Jacob Tremblay, born in captivity as a result of rape from her kidnapper. It’s a harrowing but moving story involving complex feelings of grief, human survival, and maternal perseverance.

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