SummaryTwo Indigenous women living very different lives are briefly brought together by desperate circumstances.
Directed By:Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Written By:Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
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87
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100% Positive
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Nov 26, 2019
100
Don’t let its florid, mouthful of a title mislead you: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a film that’s as urgent and unpretentious as it is remarkable. It’s safe to say you haven’t seen too many movies quite like it.
Nov 19, 2019
100
What has been crafted with The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open is the multitudinous reality of past and present, absent and material; a world-affirming space of narrative realization that speaks to those who exist within the efforts and “now” of survival.
Dec 5, 2019
90
Filmed almost entirely in real time, and using a series of long, intimate takes, “The Body Remembers” is about privilege and its lack, motherhood and its absence, race and its legacy.
Nov 29, 2019
80
Stands out in a field of generic, cookie-cutter dramas, not simply in terms of representation — though the female-made, indigenous-focused thriller offers a field day for intersectionality theorists — but also in the unconventional way the story unfolds.
Nov 29, 2019
80
There's a wrenching sadness to this simply told story, but also but also a heartrending hope.
Nov 22, 2019
75
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a genuine social realist film and the fact that it is shot in real-time only heightens the sense of reality. Everything is authentic.
Nov 29, 2019
63
The lack of dramatic fireworks mute the film’s impact somewhat. And young Ms. Nelson has an unfortunate tendency to mumble, swallow her lines.
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Jan 16, 2020
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You know, I can tolerate a lot of slow, long, boring scenes, in the necessary pursuit **** outcome. This movie is just a slog of slow, long, boring scenes. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. I watched about 85% of the film, but I was nodding off repeatedly. I asked my girlfriend to let me know in the morning what I missed. She told me. I missed nothing. I cannot recommend this movie, unless of course you are suffering from insomnia. Then I give it a 10. Otherwise...
Production Company:
- Experimental Forest Films
- Oslo Pictures
- Violator Films
- William F. White International
Release Date:Nov 22, 2019
Duration:1 h 45 m
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Red Nation Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
