Fra Jenny Kermode’s kommentar på Eye for Film:

Giovanna is a quiet girl. She’s clearly stressed, withdrawn, not fitting in. So her father does his best to help, cheering her up, encouraging her to think that boys like her. It seems like the proper thing for a parent to do – and after all, Giovanna’s situation isn’t really that uncommon. But nobody really knows how badly she’s hurting, or how desperate and obsessive she has become, until a sudden act of shocking violence tears apart this quiet middle class world. [...]