2020 · drama · mother-daughter · illness
Asia
Directed by Ruthy Pribar1h 25m2020
Asia is the single mother of 17-year-old Vika. Vika's deteriorating health urges Asia to finally find her voice as a mother and to embrace and cherish their time together.
Our read: Asia (2020) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · mother-daughter · illness entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / mother-daughter, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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