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- 2019
- TV-MA
- ARRAY Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ARRAY Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Two 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
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ARRAY Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ARRAY Releasing
- 1 h 45 m
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
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4.6
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Summary Two 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
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
8 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
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.
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.
By Sarah-Tai Black
FULL REVIEW
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.
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.
There's a wrenching sadness to this simply told story, but also but also a heartrending hope.
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.
By Hanna B.
FULL REVIEW
The lack of dramatic fireworks mute the film’s impact somewhat. And young Ms. Nelson has an unfortunate tendency to mumble, swallow her lines.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
4.6
36% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
45% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 User Ratings
4.6
36% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
18% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
45% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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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...
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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
Genres
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