This is a film about sexual violence, but its focus (and this is fairly rare at the movies) is on the experience of the person who has survived the sexual violence. The way Eva Victor handles every part of this is just expertly crafted.
What I found especially wonderful about this was the portrait of the world that Victor has to offer us. It’s a world with dangers and injustices, certainly. And also small, stupid insensitivities and aggressions. But then, unobtrusively, surprisingly, there is gentleness and generosity, a squeeze of a hand, a sandwich with Calabrian chilis, a neighbor who knows how to start a fire.
Special shout out to Hettienne Park, whose small performance in this film is wonderful. She gives us an extraordinary moment of recognition in a courtroom sequence that felt almost overwhelming to watch.
P.S. Lucas Hedges, I love you.
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