By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner
December brings together cinematic stories of every magnitude. From big-budget, long-delayed superhero sequels and explorations of iconic singers, artists, and politicians, to microcosmic looks at life through the work of one dancer or creator, everyone gets their time to shine in this month’s women-centric and women-made films.
The month’s narrative fiction releases begin with a creative look at the allure of disco, and other non-traditional intoxicants, with “Disco” (December 1), while young women pursue other interests, like anarchy and puppy love, in “La Leyenda Negra” (December 4). “I’m Your Woman” (December 4) sees a young mother go on the run after her professional thief husband betrays his crime organization, and “Promising Young Woman” (December 25) is about a woman determined to make terrible men pay for their misdeeds. Personal discoveries abound with the release of festival favorite “Nomadland,” (December 4), the director’s cut of lesbian classic “But I’m A Cheerleader” (December 8), and the adaptation of the novel “Funny Boy” (December 10). And famous revolutionary historical figures get their due in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (December 18) and “One Night in Miami…” (December 25).
Documentary releases include “Billie” (December 4) and “PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money” (December 9), portraits of music icons Billie Holiday and PJ Harvey, respectively. Tracey Thomas finds her artistic voice with “My First and Last Film” (December 15). And in an introspective look at a local 24/7 daycare, “Through the Night” highlights the magic and hardship of caretaking and “women’s work.”
Closing out December is the film every comic book lover, future-of-cinema worrier, and fans of women who kick ass has been waiting for: Patty Jenkins’ follow up to her 2017 record breaker, “Wonder Woman 1984.” The blockbuster hits select theaters and HBO Max December 25.
Here are the women-centric, women-directed, and women-written films debuting this December. All descriptions are from press materials unless otherwise noted.
December 1
“Disco” – Written and Directed by Jorunn Myklebust Syversen (Available on VOD)
“Disco”
Nineteen-year-old Mirjam (Josefine Frida Pettersen) is a champion disco freestyle dancer and the stepdaughter of a charismatic evangelical pastor. As she starts to question her family and faith, she is lured by a highly conservative Christian sect.
“Magnolia’s Hope” (Documentary) (Available on Show&Tell)
When three-year-old Magnolia Tesler was diagnosed with a rare disease, her parents didn’t know what to do. This intimate documentary follows the Tesler family as they spring into action in an effort to cure their daughter from a rare, debilitating disorder. An ordinary and healthy baby, she was crawling, talking, and hitting all her milestones. But around the age of two, she started developing mysterious symptoms: balance issues, hand wringing, speech loss, and rocking for hours in her crib. Her parents, AJ and Jenny, were desperate for answers. After taking Maggie to numerous specialists, they got a heartbreaking diagnosis: Rett Syndrome. Spanning eight years and told through home videos, vlogs, animation, and interviews, “Magnolia’s Hope” is a raw, first-hand account of a family struggling to cope with their child’s special needs through therapies, clinical trials, and everything in between.
December 4
“Nomadland” – Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao (In Theaters)
“Nomadland”
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road, exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.
“I’m Your Woman” – Directed by Julia Hart; Written by Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz (In Theaters; Available on Amazon Prime December 11)
“I’m Your Woman”: AFI Fest
In this 1970s-set crime drama, a woman (Rachel Brosnahan) is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
“La Leyenda Negra” – Written and Directed by Patricia Vidal Delgado (Available on HBO Latino and HBO Max)
“La Leyenda Negra”
“La Leyenda Negra” follows teenager Aleteia (Monica Betancourt), who transfers to a new high school in Compton and struggles to make friends. As an El Salvadoran immigrant who has grown up in the United States, Aleteia has made underground activism her foundation for making her voice heard, but everything is thrown into jeopardy when her temporary protection status is compromised and her future becomes uncertain. She unexpectedly befriends Rosarito, a popular girl who is tired of her vapid clique and drawn to Aleteia’s resilience, much to queen bee Monica’s annoyance. As the girls grow closer, Aleteia becomes more determined than ever to fight for her right to stay in the home she has always known.
“Godmothered” – Directed by Sharon Maguire; Written by Kari Granlund and Melissa Stack (Available on Disney+)
“Godmothered”
Set at Christmastime, “Godmothered” is a comedy about Eleanor (Jillian Bell), a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training who, upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.
“Billie” (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
Billie Holiday had one of the greatest voices of all time. She was a woman of breath-taking talent and global popularity while also stirring controversy. She started a notable rebellion singing “Strange Fruit,” which exposed the realities of Black life in America and earned her powerful enemies. Raw, emotional, and brutally honest, “Billie” is filled with incredible, unheard testimonies from musical greats like Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms, and Count Basie.
“Luxor” – Written and Directed by Zeina Durra (Available on VOD)
“Luxor”
When British aid worker Hana (Andrea Riseborough) returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan (Karim Saleh), a talented archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
“Bombay Rose” – Directed by Gitanjali Rao; Written by Gitanjali Rao and Asad Hussain (Available on Netflix)
“Bombay Rose”
Escaping from child marriage, a young club dancer living in the streets of Bombay must choose between fending for her family and finding love with a boy orphaned by the militancy. Painted frame by frame and woven delicately through music, a red rose brings together three tales of impossible loves. Love between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy. Love between two women. Love of an entire city for its Bollywood stars. Based on true events, the film explores the ruthlessness of a society where the love and life that reigns on the big screen can crush you in its mean streets.
“Wander” – Directed by April Mullen (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“Wander” is a film brought to us through the eyes of an unreliable narrator whose vulnerability takes us on a journey towards truth — a truth unseen by most, and one hard to face. Life, loss, and the conspiracies that surround our hero, Arthur (Aaron Eckhart), bring forth a new concept of surrender. What does it take to move through a grief so grand it shakes the foundations of reality? What would one man do to uncover a world of lies? He, Arthur, would cross all fears, leap into the unknown, and bravely take down the giants that control so much of today’s world. Arthur’s journey pulls back the curtain on dark and deeply disturbing atrocities. His time in the town of Wander sheds light on those whose voices have been silenced through settler colonial state sanctioned surveillance and control.
“I Hate New Year’s” – Directed by Christin Baker; Written by Kathryn Trammell (Available on VOD)
Experiencing writer’s block, rising music star Layne Price (Dia Frampton) reluctantly visits a mysterious fortune teller whose flamboyant advice she misconstrues. Heading home to Nashville, Tennessee for New Year’s Eve, Layne hits the town with BFF Cassie Holmes (Ashley Argota). While Cassie plans to finally confess that her feelings have evolved into more than friendship, Layne is too focused on bumping into her elusive ex to notice.
“Elyse” – Written and Directed by Stella Hopkins (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“Elyse”
In this exploration of grief, memory and hallucination intertwine to expose a history of trauma, revealing the truth: Elyse (Lisa Pepper) is catatonic and confined to a state hospital. Elyse is not the only victim; delusional thinking, profound narcissism, and violent behavior gradually annihilates her husband, Steven (Aaron Tucker). Elyse’s recovery is reliant on the chief of psychiatry, Dr. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins), the restoration of the relationship with her mother (Fran Tucker), and the forgiveness of the surrogate daughter, Carmen (Tara Arroyave). Ultimately, it’s the love of a nurse, David (Anthony Apel), that promises her a new life.
“Museum Town” – Directed by Jennifer Trainer (Available via Virtual Cinemas)
MASS MoCA is a testament to tenacity and imagination. “Museum Town” traces the remarkable story of how a small rural Massachusetts town went from economic collapse to art mecca. Threaded with interviews of a diverse cast — a tattooed curator, a fabricator, former factory worker, and shopkeepers — the film also looks at the artistic process itself, tracking the work and ideas of celebrated artist Nick Cave as he creates his groundbreaking installation at MASS MoCA, “UNTIL.”
“Dear Santa” (Documentary) – Directed by Dana Nachman (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“Dear Santa” shines a light on the 100-year-old “Operation Santa” Program of the United States Postal Service. Each year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa arrive at Post Offices around the country. Through Operation Santa, the United States Postal Service makes it possible for the public to safely adopt these letters and make children’s dreams come true. The film invites audiences along for the magic of this massive endeavor. Traveling the country, much like Santa does on Christmas Eve, the film focuses on select “Operation Santa” Centers: some in metropolitan areas like the massive operation in New York City and others in small towns where the Post Office is the heart of the community.
“Black Bear” (Available on VOD)
At a remote lake house, a filmmaker named Allison (Aubrey Plaza) arrives to play house guest to a troubled couple (Sarah Gadon and Christopher Abbott) who have eschewed their life in the city after inheriting a family retreat. Battling writer’s block, Allison sparks a calculated game of desire and jealousy in pursuit of a new work that blurs the boundaries of autobiography and invention. “Black Bear” explores the complex nature of relationships, gender dynamics, and the erratic nature of love as it traces the conflict between our lust and our longing for internal harmony.
December 8
“But I’m a Cheerleader: Director’s Cut” – Directed by Jamie Babbit (Available on VOD)
“But I’m a Cheerleader”
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn’t that crazy about him. So she’s stunned when her parents decide she’s gay and send her to True Directions, a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation. While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham (Clea DuVall). Though Megan still feels confused, she starts to have feelings for Graham.
“The Planters” – Written and Directed by Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder (Available on VOD)
“The Planters”
Martha Plant (Alexandra Kotcheff) is an awkward telemarketer who’s down and out — sucking at her job and grieving her recently deceased parents. When she finds unlikely friendship in Sadie Mayflower (Hannah Leder), a bubbly vagrant with multiple personalities, Martha discovers having three friends in one may be more than she bargained for.
“The Black Book of Father Dinis” – Directed by Valeria Sarmiento (Available on VOD)
“The Black Book of Father Dinis” explores the tumultuous lives of Laura (Lou de Laâge), a peasant maid, and Sebastian (Vasco Varela da Silva), the young orphan in her charge, against a backdrop of overflowing passion and revolutionary intrigue in Europe at the twilight of the 18th century. An unlikely adventure yarn that strides the continent, from Rome and Venice to London and Paris, with whispers of conspiracies from the clergy, the military, and the gentry, this sumptuous period piece ponders the intertwined nature of fate, desire, and duty.
December 9
“PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money” (Documentary) (Available via Virtual Cinemas)
For her ninth studio album, alternative-music icon PJ Harvey visited Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Washington, D.C., to talk with locals and let their stories inspire her song lyrics, while filmmaker Seamus Murphy captured the moments in this ambitious documentary.
December 10
“Let Them All Talk” – Written by Deborah Eisenberg (Available on HBO Max)
“Let Them All Talk”
“Let Them All Talk” tells the story of a celebrated author (Meryl Streep) who takes a journey with some old friends (Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest) to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew (Lucas Hedges) comes along to wrangle the ladies and her literary agent (Gemma Chan) also books herself on the trip.
“Funny Boy” – Directed by Deepa Mehta; Written by Deepa Mehta and Shyam Selvadurai (In Theaters and Available on Netflix)
“Funny Boy” explores the awakening of sexual identity by a young boy named Arjie (Arush Nand and Brandon Ingram). As political tensions escalate to a boiling point between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese, a young boy comes of age in a society and family that doesn’t embrace differences outside of societal norms. The film chronicles Arjie’s struggle to find balance and self-love despite the absence of empathy and understanding.
December 11
“The Stand-In” – Directed by Jamie Babbit (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“The Stand-In”
A washed-up movie star, Candy (Drew Barrymore), busted for tax evasion, hires her former stand-in, Paula (also Drew Barrymore), to attend rehab in her place. A strange co-dependent relationship develops as Candy realizes she can use Paula as a stand-in for all the stressful bits of life. But Paula fully embraces her new identity, taking over Candy’s career and boyfriend, finally kicking Candy out of her own house! Candy must now survive in the real world while Paula clings to the fracturing celebrity life of her dreams.
“Finding Yingying” (Documentary) – Directed by Jiayan “Jenny” Shi (Available via Virtual Cinemas)
“Finding Yingying”
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beautiful diaries, the aspiring young scientist and teacher is full of optimism, hoping to also be married and a mother someday. Within weeks of her arrival, Yingying disappears from the campus. Through exclusive access to Yingying’s family and boyfriend, “Finding Yingying” closely follows their journey as they search to unravel the mystery of her disappearance and seek justice for their daughter while navigating a strange, foreign country. But most of all, “Finding Yingying” is the story of who Yingying was: a talented young woman loved by her family and friends.
“Through the Night” (Documentary) – Directed by Loira Limbel (Available via Virtual Cinemas)
“Through the Night”
“Through the Night” is a cinema vérité portrait of three working mothers whose lives intersect at Dee’s Tots Daycare in New Rochelle, NY: a mother working the overnight shift as a pediatric nurse; another holding down three low-wage jobs to support her two girls; and Deloris “Nunu” Hogan, who for over two decades has cared for the children of parents with nowhere else to turn. A tender portrait of titanic strength, love, and selflessness, “Through the Night” showcases the multiplicity of “women’s work” – paid, underpaid, and unpaid; emotional and physical; domestic and career-oriented – all while negotiating the terms of a dignified existence under the three arrows of racism, sexism, and capitalism in America.
“Farewell Amor” – Written and Directed by Ekwa Msangi (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“Farewell Amor”: Sundance Institute
It’s been 17 years since Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) was forced to leave his family in Angola. Now he is picking up his wife, Esther (Zainab Jah), and daughter, Sylvia (Jayme Lawson), from the airport to bring them home to his one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment. The reunion isn’t seamless. Walter cooks a welcome dinner, and Esther wonders who taught him how to cook. Before they eat, Esther says grace, revealing her thunderous new passion for Jesus. And later, Walter realizes that he has not moved on from Linda (Nana Mensah), his lover who moved out of his apartment to make way for the family. When young Sylvia starts to explore the city and takes part in a dance competition, she unexpectedly opens up a pathway of muscle memory for the family to rediscover one another.
“Wander Darkly” – Written and Directed by Tara Miele (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
In the aftermath of a traumatic incident, Adrienne (Sienna Miller) finds herself in a disorienting state of limbo, unstuck in time and witnessing life from a distance. Forced to confront her troubled relationship with her longtime partner, Matteo (Diego Luna), and the future of their infant daughter, Adrienne must relive and renegotiate the events of the recent past — and solve the mystery of the accident. Stepping into the shadows with Matteo, Adrienne looks for clues about what went wrong between them.
“Assassins” (Documentary) (In Theaters)
In 2017, Kim Jong-nam — the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un — was assassinated in the bustling departures hall of Malaysia’s international airport. The spectacularly brazen murder happened in broad daylight, filmed entirely by security cameras. Footage showed two young women approaching Jong-nam from behind, covering his eyes with their hands, and pressing VX — the most lethal nerve gas on earth — into his eyes. He stumbled away and was dead within an hour. But if the murder was extreme, the story that came next was even more bizarre: The two women who killed Jong-nam claimed they had simply been hired to pull a video prank and had no idea what they were really doing. The Malaysian government scoffed, arrested, and imprisoned the women and put them on trial for murder, facing execution. But was their outlandish story actually the truth? And would anyone believe them?
“Wolfwalkers” (Available on Apple TV+)
“Wolfwalkers”
In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh’s missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the “Wolfwalkers” and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
“The Never List” – Directed by Michelle Mower; Written by Ariadne Shaffer (In Theaters)
Sixteen-year old Eva (Fivel Stewart) is as overachieving as they come. She is running for student class president while juggling a heavy academic schedule and planning the upcoming spring dance. Eva dreams of becoming a comic book artist – something she knows her helicopter mom would never support. Eva and her childhood best friend, Liz (Brenna D’Amico), like to “dress up” and pretend to be not-so-straight-laced girls named “Vicky” and “Veronica.” Together, they imagine their alter-egos doing highly questionable and even illegal acts, things Eva and Liz would never do themselves. They document these naughty acts in “The Never List.” When Liz suddenly dies in a tragic accident, Eva is filled with anger and regret thinking about all the things Liz never did out of fear of risking her future — a future she ultimately would never have. Eva decides the best way to honor her best friend’s memory is to complete “The Never List.” At first this journey leads her to romance and adventure, but as the list progresses, her actions begin threatening the very foundations of her carefully planned teenage life and even her own future.
December 15
“My First and Last Film” (Documentary) – Directed by Tracey Thomas (Available on VOD)
A retired tech executive, Tracey Thomas never even considered making a film. But after turning 60, she found herself in the midst of a new sort of existential crisis: what is aging? What do we do with our time here? What does it mean to make it through six decades, and how much more is to come? Camera in hand, and with the help of her romantic and filmmaking partner Dennis, Thomas began conversations with friends, family, academics, and others, skipping the small talk and delving right into the unique wisdom and perspective that comes with aging. When Dennis is unexpectedly diagnosed with ALS, a condition that would progress quickly and lead to his untimely passing during production, Thomas is at a crossroads: continue filming, as she promised him she would, or give in to grief and solitude. Her answer, of course, is within “My First and Last Film,” a deeply personal documentary that ruminates on life, love, and our most unanswerable questions.
December 18
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Available on Netflix)
Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) — who has an eye for Ma’s girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry — spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives.
“Modern Persuasion” – Directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki; Written by Barbara Radecki and Jonathan Lisecki (Available on VOD)
Wren Cosgrove (Alicia Witt) is a happy, single, and self-confessed workaholic who, after rising to the top of the corporate ladder, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by Owen Jasper (Shane McRae), “the man who got away,” long-lost feelings are stirred, giving Wren a second chance at true love.
“Sister of the Groom” – Written and Directed by Amy Miller Gross (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
“Sister of the Groom”
Audrey (Alicia Silverstone) struggles with turning 40 while meeting her new, seemingly perfect sister-in-law. With every intention of breaking up the happy couple, Audrey and her loyal husband (Tom Everett Scott) throw the weekend into a tailspin of embarrassing series of mishaps that make this destination wedding truly unforgettable.
“Bad Impulse” – Directed by Michelle Danner (In Theaters and Available on VOD)
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, Henry Sharpe (Grant Bowler), a suburban father and husband, gets a cutting edge security system from a mysterious man only to find out that it slowly destroys that which he most wants to protect.
December 25
“Wonder Woman 1984” – Directed by Patty Jenkins; Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham (In Theaters and Available on HBO Max)
“Wonder Woman 1984”
Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) squares off against Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) and the Cheetah (Kristen Wiig), a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.
“One Night in Miami…” – Directed by Regina King (In Theaters; Available on Amazon Prime January 15)
“One Night in Miami…”
On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. When underdog Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), soon to be called Muhammad Ali, defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). Based on the award-winning play of the same name, and directed by Regina King, “One Night In Miami…” is a fictional account inspired by the historic night these four formidable figures spent together. It looks at the struggles these men faced and the vital role they each played in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 1960s. More than 40 years later, their conversations on racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility still resonate.
“Promising Young Woman” – Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell (In Theaters)
“Promising Young Woman”
Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman — until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
“Sylvie’s Love” (Available on Amazon Prime)
The jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the New York summer of 1957. Sylvie (Tessa Thompson) helps around her father’s record store as she waits for her fiancé to return from war — until sweet saxophonist Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha) walks in looking for a day job to subsidize his residency at the Blue Morocco lounge. This chance meeting kindles a deep passion in each of them unlike anything they’ve felt before. Sylvie’s mother immediately disapproves and reminds Sylvie of her engagement, while Robert’s band books their first big gig overseas. As time passes, the sexual revolution begins, and Motown becomes king, the two fall in and out of each other’s arms, but never out of love.
December 26
“DNA” – Directed by Maïwenn; Written by Maïwenn and Mathieu Demy (Available on Netflix)
“DNA”
Summer in Paris, and the city is deserted. Neige (Maïwenn) regularly visits her beloved Algerian grandfather in his retirement home. It was Emir (Omar Marwan) who raised her, and who offered protection from her toxic parents. She is surrounded by her extended family – brothers, sister, aunt, mother. Relations between them are difficult, rife with resentment and bitterness. Emir’s death will escalate family tensions and trigger a profound identity crisis for Neige.
December 30
“Herself” – Directed by Phyllida Lloyd; Written by Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell (In Theaters; Available on Amazon Prime Video January 8)
“Herself”: Sundance Institute
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 daughter’s 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?
“Pieces of a Woman” – Written by Kata Wéber (In Theaters; Available on Netflix January 7)
“Pieces of a Woman”
Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) 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 Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court.
