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CinemaBlend Watch Now Directed By: Phyllida Lloyd Synopsis Single mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughterâs bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help, too. But as her past rears its head in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground up? ....
The new film Herself is a bold drama that deals with domestic violence and how victims find the strength to move on. It’s a subject that’s been dealt with in fiction, but rarely in the honest and compassionate manner that we see in Phyllida Lloyd’s new film . When done on television, it’s almost always supporting characters or guest stars and in film, if the victim is the protagonist, it’s kept almost entirely to revenge thrillers, from Enough to last year’s The Invisible Man, which put jump scares and campy moments of violent retribution ahead of serious insights and character drama. Movies can be guilty of their own form of victim-shaming by training us not to root for those who suffer abuse fully unless they seek vengeance as if it that notion had anything whatsoever to do with strength or courage. ....
Phyllida Lloyd’s “Herself,” an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin’s housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theater director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs (“Mamma Mia! ....
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