Her younger stepsister Marion paints a physical line into the grass around the family home to mark this boundary.

[5] According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 based on 6 critics, the film received "generally favorable" reviews.

[6] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four out of five stars, praising the lead performances of Blanchoud and Bruni-Tedeschi.

[7] Anna Smith of Deadline Hollywood called it an "arresting story of familial disharmony that's distinctive both visually and thematically.

"[8] The Hollywood Reporter's Jordan Mintzer praised the cast performance and direction, but lamented that the film "explores the tense and thorny nature of blood ties without ever delving into the psychology of it all, often leaving us in the dark as to why the characters behave the way they do.