While battling a chronic illness is an extremely draining experience for the sufferer, another crucial aspect of it is the life and experiences of the carer. The burden, for that is what such a lived reality would always inevitably lead to, of taking care of a loved one is capable of achieving overwhelming proportions, eventually finding an expression in unexpected, and often bitter, manners.
The plot of the film preoccupies itself with the same as its primary concern, taking the viewer into the life of a young woman who takes care of her mother. Though the film does not explicitly name it, but the latter is assumed to be battling an addiction to alcohol, while also having her movement compromised, leaving her confined to a wheelchair for the better part of her days.
Alcoholism, a severe disease to overcome, can often lead its sufferer to an inability to stay away from the very thing that harms them. And yet, despite it being a demanding condition, the brunt of it is left to be faced by the young daughter, whose father and grandmother live separately. All of these details are provided to the viewer subtly, within the short duration of the film, allowing it to eschew sentimentalism, and yet manage to tell a poignant story. It also employs the simple act of tying or untying her hair to portray a character's emotional reality, along with using a gentle graze of parallelism in the form of a mirror, a significant motif in the narrative, to bring to life the woman's struggle on screen in a convincing manner.
Read LessThe plot of the film preoccupies itself with the same as its primary concern, taking the viewer into the life of a young woman who takes care of her mother. Though the film does not explicitly name it, but the latter is assumed to be battling an addiction to alcohol, while also having her movement compromised, leaving her confined to a wheelchair for the better part of her days.
Alcoholism, a severe disease to overcome, can often lead its sufferer to an inability to stay away from the very thing that harms them. And yet, despite it being a demanding condition, the brunt of it is left to be faced by the young daughter, whose father and grandmother live separately. All of these details are provided to the viewer subtly, within the short duration of the film, allowing it to eschew sentimentalism, and yet manage to tell a poignant story. It also employs the simple act of tying or untying her hair to portray a character's emotional reality, along with using a gentle graze of parallelism in the form of a mirror, a significant motif in the narrative, to bring to life the woman's struggle on screen in a convincing manner.
