Cold Little Bird (2022)

Martin and Rachel are tucking in their tenyearold son Jonah when the boy refuses their hugs or kisses Humoring their kid and thinking its just a phase or a way of testing them the parents give Jonah some space instead lavishing their affection on their younger boy Lester But from that night forward Jonah seems to have changed his personality Previously affectionate and childlike hes now formal cold and disdainful of affection hes become a grownup in temperament though at school and with his brother he still seems very much like a child The change in Jonahs behavior towards his parents vexes Martin and it also exposes the chasms between him and his wife Despite professional intervention which finds no signs of mental illness in Jonah Martin is bewildered at Jonahs rejection of his love and must come to terms with the uniqueness of his child and perhaps his own emotional needs