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When the film started, I was not familiar with the poem. I was finding myself feeling like I wasn't going to be able to follow what was going to happen. I found myself trying to pay attention to the words and also trying to focus on the action. Because it is not mainstream to tell a story through multiple poems, I had to get my mindset to change. I had seen the trailer and read the literature on the movie. I was grateful going in having that background. However, I was also grateful that the trailer and the literature left me wondering and not fully aware of where the film would take me. As you can read from the other reviews, the film is about a tragedy of a little boy abused by a parent who is suffering from a form of mental illness. The mental health of each character, and how each of these characters deal with the illness of the mother is something I found to be perfectly portrayed. I truly believe that everyone can and has at some point suffered with a mental health issue or been close to someone who has had a mental health issue, and we all respond differently. In our society, we see the victim as the only one who should have our feelings of sadness and empathy. It is often hard to have compassion for the one inflicting what we know is wrong. I hope this film can be seen by many more, so that we can continue to shed light on mental health and it's destruction it can leave in its path when not tended to.
As far as the way the film is made... Outstanding! It is art. I don't have the vocabulary to describe what the crew did. All I can say is that it was so different and I welcomed that. The acting was phenomenal because they told a story with no dialogue. That takes skill. And finally, the poems. I love that there is a list on line of all the poems. I enjoyed the ones I knew and how they were used and I also enjoyed hearing new poems that I will read on my own to familiarize myself with them. And then I will watch the film again for a new experience.
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