I went into the watching of this story already knowing the basic story-line. Awards season has begun, so I was also aware that the acting was impeccable.
What I was wholly unprepared for was the amount of insight the characters showed for the life issues they were facing.
The main characters began this film playing one character, and ended the film as completely different people. The catharsis was incredible. What happened in the process of watching, for me, is that I began watching with one view, and ended with a new, brighter view.
I am immersed in classes on cultural humility now, but I am in awe every day when I see resiliency show up in the lives of people I know, and in the lives of people I don't know. This movie brought that awareness deeper.
I watched this film with my older son. As we discussed it later, I told him that watching this movie reminded me of when he and I went to see "Brokeback Mountain" together when he was 17 years old. He agreed, and then said: "That movie changed my life". We both agreed that this offering has indeed done the same.
What a gift.
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