Cinema's Missing Children

Photographs of missing children are some of the most haunting images of contemporary Western society. Wilson contends that the loss of a child is perceived as a limit-experience in contemporary cinema, where filmmakers attempt to transform their means of representation as a response to acute pain and horror. She explores the representation of missing and endangered children in a number of the key films of the last decade, including Kieslowskis "Three Colours: Blue," Atom Egoyans "Exotica," Todd Solondzs "Happiness," Jane Campions "The Portrait of a Lad"y, Lars von Triers "The Kingdom," and Almodovars "All About My Mother."