Citation :
« The relationship of older men to younger women is now so tainted with lascivious projections that it is difficult to remember the affirmation a young girl can experience with the attention of an older man. [Micheline] Lanctôt captures that, however [in Sonatine], with minimal dialogue and an astute understanding of gesture. »
-- Carole Corbeil

Source :
CORBEIL, Carole. « Quebec films blessed with visual assurance: Festival of Festivals », Globe and Mail, 12 septembre 1984. [en anglais]