Mom remembers the smell of her child like an apple

Rozella 2022-04-24 07:01:16

Title: "Women's Fragments"

Score: 8 points

Overview of content: A very small movie, the story is also very simple, a mother chooses to give birth at home, but the child born 5 minutes later died due to lack of oxygen. Everyone had to help her send the midwife nurse to prison. After a series of inner struggles, she finally chose not to prosecute the nurse, and was finally acquitted.

Evaluation and feeling: The most impressive is the happy expression of the midwife in front of the mirror when the child was born. The second is that the mother remembers the smell of her child, like an apple. The silent postpartum state shows a mother's mental journey.

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Extended Reading
  • Madie 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    How careful we are to protect and nurture grief when we feel it is the only remaining fragment of a loved one. In the aftermath of despair, he ate the "apple-flavored" apples one by one. When only the seeds are left, sadness tells us that it is time to let go.

  • Rebekah 2022-03-20 09:02:14

    The more than 20 minutes of birthing scene that is so stressful that it is not noticeable that this is a long shot, the director's scene scheduling and the language ability of the shot can be seen. Compared with the director's previous empty and dazzling works, in this film the director finally integrates those skills into the film content. The bridge gradually connected, the seeds germinated silently, the cold snow day, the abandoned dishes in the house, every object and every shot has a narrative and expressive purpose. Coupled with the powerful interpretation of the two protagonists, the whole film presents a sad story very catching and full of tension. It's just that the film hides the women's pain and struggle too obscure and trivial, saying that it is the female version of "Manchester by the Sea", and it almost hides its explosive power in calm.

Pieces of a Woman quotes

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

    Martha: She smelled like an apple.

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

    Lane: She smelled like an apple.