I discovered this film a few years ago and since then it has become a firm favourite; its a very easy film to watch and in quiet times I find myself going back to watch this.
The plot focuses on May-Alice Culhane a successful soap-opera who is struck in New York leaving her without the ability to walk. This event prompts her to leave her high flying life in New York, to return to the area she grew up in. Here, she faces an identity crisis having lost her freedom and her career. The film explores May-Alice's experience of such a loss the emotional trauma is brilliantly portrayed by Mary McDonnell and her nomination for this film is well deserved.
Overall the film is about coping with trauma and who a person becomes after such an experience. The ending is quite open and that perhaps symbolizes the uncertainty of May-Alice and Chantelle's future.
The plot focuses on May-Alice Culhane a successful soap-opera who is struck in New York leaving her without the ability to walk. This event prompts her to leave her high flying life in New York, to return to the area she grew up in. Here, she faces an identity crisis having lost her freedom and her career. The film explores May-Alice's experience of such a loss the emotional trauma is brilliantly portrayed by Mary McDonnell and her nomination for this film is well deserved.
Overall the film is about coping with trauma and who a person becomes after such an experience. The ending is quite open and that perhaps symbolizes the uncertainty of May-Alice and Chantelle's future.