On the surface, the film asks: What happens when a mother doesn’t believe her own child? But dig deeper, and the real question is:
So here is the deeper wound the film exposes:
We are told the lie before we can speak: that motherhood is instinct, not effort. That love without limits is the same as safety. That a “good mother” is a self-erasing one.
On the surface, the film asks: What happens when a mother doesn’t believe her own child? But dig deeper, and the real question is:
So here is the deeper wound the film exposes:
We are told the lie before we can speak: that motherhood is instinct, not effort. That love without limits is the same as safety. That a “good mother” is a self-erasing one.
