Confessions.2010 -

The narrative then shifts through the perspectives of others involved, revealing the dark motivations behind the crime:

Once the HIV announcement is made, the two killers live in a state of limbo. Blood tests take months. The fear that they might be infected destroys their sanity long before any physical symptoms appear. Student B stops bathing, stops speaking, and devolves into a feral state, much to the horror of his obsessive, enabling mother. Confessions.2010

An analysis of how the film handles

at the 34th Japan Academy Prize and was shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. The narrative then shifts through the perspectives of

5/5 – A flawless, devastating masterpiece. and devolves into a feral state

Motherhood is the central axis around which the plot revolves.