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Pieces of a Woman

  • 2020
  • R
  • 2h 6m
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When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woma... Read allWhen a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

  • Director
    • Kornél Mundruczó
  • Writer
    • Kata Wéber
  • Stars
    • Vanessa Kirby
    • Shia LaBeouf
    • Ellen Burstyn
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    53K
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    162
    • Director
      • Kornél Mundruczó
    • Writer
      • Kata Wéber
    • Stars
      • Vanessa Kirby
      • Shia LaBeouf
      • Ellen Burstyn
    • 406User reviews
    • 248Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 64 nominations total

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    Vanessa Kirby
    Vanessa Kirby
    • Martha
    Shia LaBeouf
    Shia LaBeouf
    • Sean
    Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    • Elizabeth
    Iliza Shlesinger
    Iliza Shlesinger
    • Anita
    Benny Safdie
    Benny Safdie
    • Chris
    Sarah Snook
    Sarah Snook
    • Suzanne
    Molly Parker
    Molly Parker
    • Eva
    Steven McCarthy
    Steven McCarthy
    • Photographer
    Tyrone Benskin
    Tyrone Benskin
    • Judge
    Frank Schorpion
    Frank Schorpion
    • Lane
    Harry Standjofski
    Harry Standjofski
    • Court Clerk
    Domenic Di Rosa
    Domenic Di Rosa
    • Medical Examiner
    Jimmie Fails
    Jimmie Fails
    • Max
    Juliette Casagrande
    • Little Girl
    Gayle Garfinkle
    • Judith
    Vanessa Smythe
    Vanessa Smythe
    • Linda
    Nick Walker
    • Peter
    Sean Tucker
    Sean Tucker
    • Robert
    • Director
      • Kornél Mundruczó
    • Writer
      • Kata Wéber
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    • Trivia
      The opening 20-minute birth scene took two days and six takes to shoot.
    • Goofs
      The painting in the lawyer's room, which her partner referred to as Tacoma Bridge, is actually Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, with Ortaköy Mosque in the foreground.
    • Quotes

      Elizabeth: And I'm ashamed of me. That I wasn't a good enough mother to teach you how to stand up and speak for yourself, for God's sakes. And to deal with this. Like my mother taught me. After my father went into the ghetto, my mother found a shack, an empty shack, that she went into and gave birth to me. Without any help at all. She stashed me under the floorboards when she had to go out and steal food. So she could make milk enough to keep me alive, but just alive. Not strong enough to cry, or we'd be caught. When she finally got me to a doctor, he advised her to just let me go. That I wasn't... I wasn't strong enough to survive. But when she absolutely insisted, he picked me up by my feet and held me up like a chicken and said, "If she tries to lift her head, then there's hope." And you know what I did, Martha? I lifted my head. That's what I'm asking you to do now. Lift your head and fight for yourself, for God's sakes! Go out there and face that woman.

    • Crazy credits
      The title appears around the 30-minute mark.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chris Stuckmann Quick Movie Reviews: TIFF 2020: Pieces of a Woman, One Night in Miami, Nomadland (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Untitled #3
      Written by Orri P. Dyrason (as Orri Pall Dyrason), Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm

      Performed by Sigur Rós

      Courtesy of Krunk Records/ADA UK

      By arrangement with ADA Licensing, a division of Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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    7/10
    Pieces of a Screenplay
    The screenplay and the resulting formal structure of the movie left me a bit puzzled. Did they try to parallel the experience of this young woman, surpassing a deep life crisis after a miscarriage, on the formal level and the structure of the movie? The film never recovers from its strong first 30 min, after this you have the feeling it breaks into pieces, like the life of this young woman itself. Sequences seem fractured and shattered, not really motivated or combined in a convincing way. Dialogue and acting often seems loosely improvised and unconnected. La Beouf's part for example, the most unconvincingly motivated character for me, suddenly loosing any connection, vanishing out of sight. But that's exactly the way the grieving mother must have felt it herself! Maybe they did that intentionally to give us the feeling of loss, pain, anger and emotional estrangement this woman is going through. Strong supporting acts by Ellen Burstyn and Molly Parker. But the movie's core and center is Vanessa Kirby here, giving a breathtaking performance, she carries this film almost alone. In the end it doesn't leave you frustrated, it seems there's enough hope left for a new beginning in life.
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    • berndgeiling
    • Jan 11, 2021

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    • What is the name of the song playing on the nightclub?
    • I saw the date of Oct 9th as Martha's return to work. I didn't catch the date of the birth. Did anyone catch the birth date? Was it at the beginning of the film, and I missed it?

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    • Release date
      • January 7, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Hungary
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Những Mảnh Vỡ Của Người Phụ Nữ
    • Filming locations
      • Canada
    • Production companies
      • BRON Studios
      • Creative Wealth Media Finance
      • Little Lamb
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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