![]() ![]() Perhaps resenting the life she had lost – or perhaps simply because Kevin was a strange, sullen child – she never really bonded with him. Reilly), and to give birth to their son, Kevin (Jasper Newell / Ezra Miller). Once a glamorous and successful travel writer, she gave it all up to marry good-natured Franklin (John C. We see a drained and hollow Eva trying to rebuild her life after an unspeakable tragedy, prompted at every turn to recall the events that have gone before. The chilling story unfolds in a wash of images which are rarely connected by dialogue or a clear chronology. The Colour Red Image courtesy of Artificial EyeīBC Films and Kevin production © 2010 photo Nicole Rivelli The symbolism is obvious, but endlessly effective: her life has been marred by a stain which won’t wash off. Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) constantly wipes it from her skin and clothes. Red paint is smeared across walls and car window screens, red jam oozes out of sandwiches, red ink trampled into carpets. The colour red suffuses We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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