(1960): Sets the cinematic standard for the "disturbing" mother-son dynamic, where the son's identity is completely consumed by his mother.

Love, trauma, and the immigrant experience through a son's letter. Eva and Kevin

: A central motif is the son's need to separate from the mother to form his own identity. In works like D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers , an intense maternal bond is shown to inhibit the son's ability to form healthy relationships with other women.