Grief on Trial in 'Pieces of a Woman'
In Kornél Mundruczó's English-language debut for Netflix, a grieving mother bears her loss for the world to see.
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Grieving the loss of a child is a deep, specific, and enigmatic kind of pain. It’s nearly impossible to communicate to those who haven’t experienced it and subsequently arouses intense loneliness in its victim.
Pieces of a Woman explores the sensation of grieving a child; raw, lethargic, and at times confusing. Hungarian director
Kornél Mundruczó (
White God) knows that this story does not have room for melodrama – only the truths that people often shy away from.