THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN
synopsis
When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event.
international title: | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |
original title: | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |
country: | Canada, Norway |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
film run: | 103' |
screenplay: | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers |
cast: | Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Charlie Hannah, Barbara Eve Harris, Sonny Surowiec, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve, Tony Massil, Aidan Dee, James Angus Cowan, Anthony Bolognese |
cinematography by: | Norm Li |
film editing: | Christian Siebenherz |
art director: | Liz Cairns, Sophie Jarvis |
costumes designer: | Stina Lunde |
producer: | Tyler Hagan, Lori Lozinski, Alan R. Milligan |
co-producer: | Dyveke Bjørkly Graver |
associate producer: | Alysha Seriani |
production: | Film Farms, Oslo Pictures, Experimental Forest Films (CA), Violator Films (CA), William F. White International (CA) |