Movie

Herself

2020 · 97 min

A raw, hopeful story of a mother rebuilding her life, mixing quiet pain with the warmth of community and stubborn resilience.

Tagline: Life under construction
Overview: Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, family, trauma, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
trauma
healing
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild