Sunday's Illness

Name: Sunday's Illness
Genre: Drama
Released: June 15, 2018
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 92
Cast: Bárbara Lennie, Bruna González, David Kammenos, Greta Fernández, Ima Ranedo

2018

METASCORE

Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Ratings

See All

7.5

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7.5	Your Score
7.5	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Movie Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 15, 2018 | TV-14

Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Bruna González, David Kammenos, Greta Fernández, Ima Ranedo, Manuel Castillo, Miguel Ángel Solá, Mònica Van Campen, Richard Bohringer, Susi Sánchez

Summary: Anabel abandoned her daughter Chiara when she was barely eight years old. Thirty-five years later Chiara returns with a strange request for her mother; she asks to spend ten days together. Anabel sees this trip as a chance to get her daughter back, but she doesn’t know that Chiara has a hidden purpose and she’ll have to face the mostAnabel abandoned her daughter Chiara when she was barely eight years old. Thirty-five years later Chiara returns with a strange request for her mother; she asks to spend ten days together. Anabel sees this trip as a chance to get her daughter back, but she doesn’t know that Chiara has a hidden purpose and she’ll have to face the most important decision of her life. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Ramón Salazar

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 113 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Jun 16, 2018

It’s a powerful look at the durability of parent-child bonds as well as a fascinating psychological thriller about what it takes to heal such a rift when it seems irreparable. Read full review

100

Jay Weissberg

Jun 14, 2018

With breathtaking elegance and stunning assurance, Ramón Salazar takes a melodramatic chestnut and makes it flower with unexpected emotion in Sunday’s Illness. Read full review

100

Wendy Ide

Jun 14, 2018

Sunday’s Illness doesn’t put a foot wrong. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Jun 14, 2018

This story about the reunion, following a 35-year abandonment, of a mother and daughter, marvelously played by Spanish actors Susi Sanchez and Barbara Lennie, respectively, is slow but never ponderous, clear in its outlines but never simplistic, and elegantly crafted without being stifling. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 16, 2018

The often-tense mother-daughter dance of recrimination and forgiveness is spectacularly acted. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jun 14, 2018

Salazar’s deliberateness of image and tone can sometimes feel like its own archly overemphasized meaning, but it’s never less than an artfully sincere companion to the drama of missing years and reconsidered choices that fortifies Sunday’s Illness. Read full review

SEE ALL 6 REVIEWS

Write a Review

Negative:

No reviews yet.