The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

Name: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
Genre: Drama
Released: November 22, 2019
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 87
Cast: Aidan Dee, Anthony Bolognese, Barbara Eve Harris, Charlie Hannah, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

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ARRAY Releasing | Release Date: November 22, 2019 | TV-MA

Starring: Aidan Dee, Anthony Bolognese, Barbara Eve Harris, Charlie Hannah, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, James Angus Cowan, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, Sonny Surowiec, Tony Massil, Violet Nelson

Summary: Two Indigenous women living very different lives are briefly brought together by desperate circumstances.

Director: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 105 min

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Gary Goldstein

Nov 26, 2019

Don’t let its florid, mouthful of a title mislead you: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a film that’s as urgent and unpretentious as it is remarkable. It’s safe to say you haven’t seen too many movies quite like it. Read full review

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Sarah-Tai Black

Nov 19, 2019

What has been crafted with The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open is the multitudinous reality of past and present, absent and material; a world-affirming space of narrative realization that speaks to those who exist within the efforts and “now” of survival. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 5, 2019

Filmed almost entirely in real time, and using a series of long, intimate takes, “The Body Remembers” is about privilege and its lack, motherhood and its absence, race and its legacy. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Nov 29, 2019

There's a wrenching sadness to this simply told story, but also but also a heartrending hope. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Nov 29, 2019

Stands out in a field of generic, cookie-cutter dramas, not simply in terms of representation — though the female-made, indigenous-focused thriller offers a field day for intersectionality theorists — but also in the unconventional way the story unfolds. Read full review

Hanna B.

Nov 22, 2019

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a genuine social realist film and the fact that it is shot in real-time only heightens the sense of reality. Everything is authentic. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 29, 2019

The lack of dramatic fireworks mute the film’s impact somewhat. And young Ms. Nelson has an unfortunate tendency to mumble, swallow her lines. Read full review

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Richard552

Aug 11, 2022

I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. I watched about 85% of the film, but I was nodding off repeatedly.$1 to buy a Netflix account, Google search: vtvshare

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ifellasleep

Jan 16, 2020

You know, I can tolerate a lot of slow, long, boring scenes, in the necessary pursuit of a good outcome. This movie is just a slog of slow, long, boring scenes. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. I watched about 85% of the film, but I was nodding off repeatedly. I asked myYou know, I can tolerate a lot of slow, long, boring scenes, in the necessary pursuit of a good outcome. This movie is just a slog of slow, long, boring scenes. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. I watched about 85% of the film, but I was nodding off repeatedly. I asked my girlfriend to let me know in the morning what I missed. She told me. I missed nothing. I cannot recommend this movie, unless of course you are suffering from insomnia. Then I give it a 10. Otherwise...… Expand

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