“For 128 minutes, Vanessa Kirby has you hooked to her every move in Kornel Mundruczo’s “Pieces of a Woman.” As Martha, a high-powered executive who loses her child during a harrowing home birth, Kirby mesmerizes by showcasing the human frailty and devastation that happens when tragedy comes knocking at her door. Her acting tour-de-force reminded me of Gena Rowlands’ masterful work in John Cassavetes’ 1974 classic, “Woman Under the Influence.”
Director Mundruczó’s first English-language film is based on a horribly tragic personal experience. Starring Kirby and Shia LaBeouf as a grieving couple whose lives are thrown into tragedy after a disastrous homebirth. This was supposed to premiere in competition at this year’s canceled Cannes Film Festival, but eventually wound up screening at the Venice Film Festival and TIFF.
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