Pearl

She terrified me. Film carried away by the acting. I'm not saying the script was bad, but it's clearly a script made for an incredible actor. And the obvious thing is that she is the film. She really scared me. At first, I felt so much pain for her and I understood, then I stopped trying and each time I exhausted myself with the brutality. A bit like her lover and her best friend when she confessed to them, or her parents. Honestly, the acting was beyond incredible. No one could have managed to keep you on the edge of your seat for a scene lasting several minutes, without any camera changes, just by talking and talking and without any action, just words, facial expressions, changes in tone: a confession. Afterwards, I felt that the farm animals all represented her in some way. The crocodile waiting, hungry for more, a bit like that part of her that takes over when she needs more. The bird locked in the cage: her desire to escape the farm. The horses—or I don't remember what they were, I think they were cows she used to feed regularly—waiting patiently for someone to notice them, like her waiting to be discovered and become a star... and so on. The actress really made everything incredibly intense and amazing. The actress playing the mother also gave a great performance, as did the father and the best friend. Afterwards if we think about it, Pearl will have finally had her film, even if it was not the one she wanted to make. I was impressed.