But by its end "Pivete" has become a provocative and disturbing portrait of neglect.

Until then, it is a truthful, disturbing portrait of puberty and its discontents.

The figures, the researchers say, paint a disturbing portrait of the extent of underage drinking today and of what the future may hold.

In interviews, current and former Mitsubishi workers painted a disturbing portrait of a factory that often remained deeply hostile toward women.

These figures paint a disturbing portrait of nonchalance to the laundering of drug revenues.

The bureau's 2010 American Community Survey paints a disturbing portrait of the city.

The most disturbing portrait is of a man who was severely beaten by the police, being examined in a hospital.

They present impressive, albeit disturbing, portraits of the human experience by way of horror.

An ambiguous, disturbing portrait emerges of several generations contending with the legacy of the recent German past.

"I Can't Sleep" is a disturbing portrait of a young black transvestite who is also a serial killer.