Well I'm glad to say I've ended my 2006 film viewing on a high having watched Rosetta, it's been a good while since I last saw it and found myself feeling sympathy, then empathy followed by shock and awe before the wonderful closure. 

Both Rosetta and The Son are absolutely outstanding films that deserve to be highly recommended. Rosetta also reminded me of how pale films like Welsh drama "A Way Of Life" and Irish docu-drama "Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl" are, certainly in comparison.

Excellent review by the way John.

Cheers Trev.