A superbly acted, atmospheric prison drama from the director of The Guilty. Eva (a sensational Sidse Babett Knudsen), an idealistic prison officer, is faced with the dilemma of her life when a young man from her past gets transferred to the prison where she works. Without revealing her secret, Eva asks to be moved to the young man’s ward–the toughest and most violent in the prison. Here begins an unsettling psychological thriller, where Eva’s sense of justice puts both her morality and future at stake. Sons is a tough, taut character study of a woman driven, against all better judgement, to increasingly reckless and dangerous acts. Knudsen’s performance reveals a more unpredictable side of the star, who gives an at-times feral turn fueled by rage and regret. –AS