Pansy, an aging wife and mother, doesn’t feel well and perhaps never has felt well. The way she relates to other people — her family, checkout clerks at the grocery, salespeople, etc. is over the top- utterly unheeding of the feelings and perspectives of others. Her entire life, it seems, is a lashing out.

When asked, Pansy considers for a moment before sadly answering that she doesn’t know why. As audience members, we’re allowed to infer our own hard truth: it’s the world. It’s other people. It’s a lot.

The fact that we feel deeply for Pansy by the end of this spare and emotional gem is one of the small miracles of an extraordinarily moving film.

The film is about flawed but good people, in a stunning film full of heart and compassion.

one of the very few great films of 2024. Roger Ebert.com; Glenn Kenny

UK

English

One hour and 37 minutes