And you’re left looking for the right button to push to move on, if it exists. As a filmmaker, her frames are brimming with life and color and moments of surrealism. Life goes on around you. Her captivating screen presence never settles for an easy reaction, always feels truthful. It’s a heartbreaking and revelatory punch in the gut.Ĭhapman also stars as the young woman - as a performer she exudes strength without having to convince anyone of it. When we reach the centerpiece scene - a phone call to a lawyer where she recounts the incident in stoic detail, we wrestle with how the outside world views her situation. But this isn’t the only kind of help she needs. Theoretically, she has plenty of help, visualized beautifully in a shot where unidentified hands feed her, give her juice, brush her hair.
The quiet morning at first feels mundane but as new details emerge, the woman’s distant gaze takes on a cruel gravity. Director Naima Ramos-Chapman uses an unexpected dose of magical realism to express a poetic response to a loss of dignity. In the aftermath of an assault, a woman tries to come to terms with the violation, or just get through her day.
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