Medeas

Medeas is a 2013 American-Italian-Mexican independent drama film directed by Andrea Pallaoro and starring Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brían F. O'Byrne. It is Pallaoro's directorial debut.

Plot
MEDEAS is an intimate portrait of a rural family’s inner lives and their relationship to a harsh and shifting landscape. Ennis, a stern, hard-working dairy farmer struggles to maintain control of his family and surrounding environment, while his wife, Christina, retreats into herself, progressively disconnecting from him and their five children. As tensions increase, each character must confront their yearnings and anxieties, culminating in a dangerous conflict between control and freedom, intimacy, and alienation. A journey into the unpredictable boundaries of human behavior, MEDEAS explores the desperate lengths people are driven to by love and self-preservation.

Reception
The film has an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews, with an average score of 6.71/10. Nick Prigge of Slant Magazine gave the film three stars out of four. Orlando Weekly gave it four stars out of five. Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave it two stars.