That is just the first of many surprises in a film that offers a deeply touching and tough-minded treatment of motherhood and adolescence.

Ms. Bush's lamentation is deeply touching as she says, "I feel the spirit of my children broken."

"Your grief for your brother is deeply touching," said Lindian, "but I still do not understand what happened."

The Princess of Harduf is deeply touching as it captures the ability of the human spirit to overcome momentous difficulties.

The stillness of the symphony's final minutes is both deeply touching and painful.

The Cello Concerto is a more complete work, deeply touching and delicately orchestrated.

There are moments that are deeply touching and many of great beauty.

The music manages to be both funny and deeply touching, sincere yet sly.

Caryn James, writing in The Times, called the film "a deeply touching and tough-minded treatment of motherhood and adolescence."

Many thanks to David France (May 28) for a deeply touching and unusual story.