Pieces of a Woman (2020)

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

2 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vanessa Kirby	...	Martha
Shia LaBeouf	...	Sean
Ellen Burstyn	...	Elizabeth
Iliza Shlesinger	...	Anita
Benny Safdie	...	Chris
Sarah Snook	...	Suzanne
Molly Parker	...	Eva
Steven McCarthy	...	Photographer
Tyrone Benskin	...	Judge
Frank Schorpion	...	Lane
Harry Standjofski	...	Court Clerk
Domenic Di Rosa	...	Medical Examiner
Jimmie Fails	...	Max
Juliette Casagrande	...	Little Girl
Gayle Garfinkle	...	Judith

Storyline

Martha and Sean are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with her husband and her domineering mother, along with the publicly vilified midwife, whom she must face in court. A deeply personal, searing, and ultimately transcendent story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

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Plot Keywords:

female frontal nudity | female nudity | male frontal nudity | male nudity | male rear nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content, graphic nudity and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shia LaBoeuf's character claims that the bridge on the painting in the attorney's office is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in the state of Washington. That's not true. The bridge on the painting is the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul.

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Goofs

Martha has her nails clean at the court house, but just after that, at home, her nails are painted black again.

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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 ...

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Connections

Featured in Chris Stuckmann Quick Movie Reviews: TIFF 2020: Pieces of a Woman, One Night in Miami, Nomadland (2020)

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Soundtracks

What If
Written by Alexandra Berglof, Faris Badwan
Performed by Berg
Courtesy of Lyric House, LLC

User Reviews

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada Hungary USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 2021 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pieces of a Woman

Filming Locations:

Montreal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Little Lamb

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1