2020 · drama
Herself
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd1h 37m2020
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.
Our read: Herself (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- sombre
- tender
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How Herself feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want an inspiring story of a mother building her own home and dignity.”
Skip it tonight — You want to avoid depictions of domestic abuse and family hardship.
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