No one deserves blame, and no one deserves pity

Lawrence 2022-04-22 07:01:42

After watching this movie, it's hard for you to blame any of the characters, because some wounds can't be healed, and it's hard not to empathize with any of the characters, because life is full of helplessness and continues. It is reminiscent of "Manchester by the Sea", but the two works have different gender emphasis.

Manchester by the Sea (2016)
8.6
2016 / USA / Drama Family / Kenneth Lonergan / Casey Affleck Lucas Hedges

First, the favorite scene, the heroine puts out the cigarette butt on the balance ball shortly after the accident, and like a balloon, she is deflated. Refuse to communicate, refuse to be sympathized, refuse to accept help, refuse to admit mistakes, stubborn, helpless.

The lines of the male protagonist talking about resonance in front of Xiaosan are very good. When I watched it, the object asked me why he was cheating. I think it was just looking for an exit to escape. The relationship between husband and wife and intimacy requires two people to push and one to move forward. An accident makes two people and the whole family fall into grief, and the two people cannot find an outlet for their emotions in each other, or they are unwilling to admit that they are still there. Negative emotions, this relationship will definitely be worn out.

At the beginning, the husband still wanted to change the status quo, and wanted to create a topic or even a sex life. After the heroine kept this part of her emotions closed, he had to deal with it negatively. The scene where the male protagonist grabbed her hand and stretched out to the lower body was too desperate. The subsequent bed scenes did not follow, but recorded the sex without love from a distance, as if conveying helplessness. Maybe because I have an anxious personality, when my partner refuses to communicate, I will go crazy and have nowhere to vent. This scene is especially vivid to me.

Then the scene between the heroine's mother and her husband was also very exciting. She knew very well that he couldn't stay in this marriage anymore, and it was a wise choice to let him leave with a check. In this way, it seems that you did not take the initiative to get rid of my daughter, but I ordered you to leave my daughter. First, I will show that I never appreciate you, and then I will give you the right and opportunity to leave. However, the reason behind it is to avoid secondary harm to my daughter.

The role of a defense lawyer is also very good. From another angle during the trial, the mistress pretended to help the original partner win the case, but in fact, how could this cousin or something really understand her. During the trial, the heroine was extremely reluctant to recall the feeling of picking up her daughter, which also confirmed that she did not move on at all. Only a few minutes after the negative print took shape, she seemed to realize the fact that the child had really come and left suddenly. Her smile at the trial might be interpreted as reconciliation and sympathy, but like everyone else, I also think the smile in this place is a little off-kilter.

After the trial, the heroine took out from the refrigerator and uncovered the cotton cloth, only to find out that it turned out to be hatching buds. When it appeared before, I thought it was baking. She is also looking forward slowly, but it is not as smooth and fast as the family expected. She uses the birth of a new life to put an end to the death of her own flesh and blood, and the bridge is also built. She forgets or ignores the scars and learns Accept life and face your family. She stood on the bridge under her husband's hands, wearing his hat, and threw her daughter's ashes on the water. This may also be a sign of missing her husband, and to some extent, it is also a goodbye to her daughter together.

The end is a bright spring and summer scene. The little girl is a bit rebellious like her mother. She climbs the tree and eats apples, and runs home with her mother, which is very romantic.

On the whole, it is a very perfect movie. The camera movement is exceptionally good, the soundtrack and photography are also good, the rhythm is fast or slow but not procrastinated, the emotions are conveyed very well, and there are not too many exaggerated lines, taking us to see a family. Human life is slowly hammered and recovered. Hope to win more prizes!

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Extended Reading
  • Leonard 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    1. The focus of the director's camera, Vanessa Kirby's interpretation, a 20-minute female labor pain hit the audience, the capitalized clothes, very powerful; 2. After the loss of a child, everyone's behavior and psychology are different. Once presented, it is heartwarming; 3. There is no way to heal the wounds of losing a child.

  • Preston 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    3.7, I think the female version of "Manchester by the Sea" is a bit overrated. There are a few scenes in the film that are still very tense, but after reading the whole film, the main line is still not strong enough. , Seriously, is it really a big relationship with losing her daughter, or is it a matter of character. There is also why the heroine is reluctant to appear in court, and the core of the estrangement between her and her mother is not really clear. Even if it is clear, can it really be related to the loss of her daughter. At the end, the heroine and the world reconciled too quickly, Well, don't think about it, but Danessa Kirby is a breakthrough, she is suitable for the role of strong and power woman.

Pieces of a Woman quotes

  • Elizabeth: And I'm ashamed of me. That I wasn't a good enough mother to teach you how to stand up and speak for yourself, for God's sakes. And to deal with this. Like my mother taught me. After my father went into the ghetto, my mother found a shack, an empty shack, that she went into and gave birth to me. Without any help at all. She stashed me under the floorboards when she had to go out and steal food. So she could make milk enough to keep me alive, but just alive. Not strong enough to cry, or we'd be caught. When she finally got me to a doctor, he advised her to just let me go. That I wasn't... I wasn't strong enough to survive. But when she absolutely insisted, he picked me up by my feet and held me up like a chicken and said, "If she tries to lift her head, then there's hope." And you know what I did, Martha? I lifted my head. That's what I'm asking you to do now. Lift your head and fight for yourself, for God's sakes! Go out there and face that woman.

  • Lane: Yes, how did you feel holding your baby you had just given birth to?

    Martha: She smelled like an apple.