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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

2019

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn

Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris ...

Drama When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"This resourceful Canadian micro-indie establishes an immediate, urgent language all its own to confront the problem of domestic abuse, making the issue personal for both the characters and their audience"	POS
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Subtle and involving (...) [It] favors intimacy and hesitancy over grandstanding"	POS
Canada	Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"[It] stands alongside many recent social realism dramas (...) but also on its own as a work by indigenous people, both about abuse known to many women, and the specific difficulties faced by indigenous women in Canada"	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"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."	POS
Canada	Radheyan Simonpillai Now Toronto	"[It] is complex and full of empathy"	POS

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