1. There are pieces everywhere in the movie. The plot itself is fragmented, and there is about a month between the short paragraphs. Broken ice, broken feelings, broken mental states. In short everything falls to pieces. 2. In the first 30 minutes of childbirth, Cobain acted very realistically, and the long shots were very refreshing. There is one scene that is very impressive: she is spread out in the bathtub, her arms are on the bathtub wall, and from the outside the door can only see the weak hand, wrist and small arm with black nail polish sticking out from the door frame. And there is a scene where the baby is "coming out" below it is really shocking. 3. There are some very interesting images. Like bridges, seeds, apples. The movie starts with an unfinished bridge and ends with the ashes being sprinkled on the bridge, which I think is a bridge. The seeds represent the heroine's desire for a new life. The first is incomplete hope, the second is complete letting go. And apples represent children, right? The baby smells of apples. When the child died, she went to the supermarket to buy apples. When she was eating apples on the bus, she kept looking at the children beside her. Finally, the little girl went to the tree to pick apples. Under the apple, the whole piece ends under the shroud of the apple tree.
Personally, this film didn't arouse my emotions strongly, and it was very comfortable to watch. The heroine is silent most of the time. The overall tone is cool and grey. The soundtrack is not much, mostly piano-based, flat and bland. It is such a film that records life as calmly as ordinary life. (At least it didn't make me feel as angry all day as I watched Mad Flowers at the End of the Road)
Anyway, don't want to talk too much. I'm not going to talk about feminism. Wishing you all the best of luck when you have a baby!
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