Die my love, a surrealist thriller on a woman’s profound alienation as a new mother. Jennifer Lawrence's performance as Grace is exhilarating and offers a masterful performance, captivating the audience throughout the film where she perfectly incarnates the experience of a woman feeling stuck in her body post-partum. The director, Lynn Ramsay, showcases the depth of grief for one’s past self and the protagonist’s animalistic search for inner peace rather than on actual post-p

The film resists easy condemnation of its two protagonists who are never violent or villainous. In their search to find a sense of belonging, they act as normal teens who take risks and act impulsively. The film boldly never casts judgment and offers a tender telling of female friendship built upon shared bonded trauma who are brainwashed into believing the Assad regime could become home.

Both of these are films are impeccable manifestations of authentic cinema. These films show us to what extent our past impacts our present. Just like Julie’s male partners phase in and out of the film, they reflect how this natural blend of what we take from our former partners and our pasts into the next stages of our lives. Agnes’ trauma sticks with her like a parasite.