Tanya Torres

***HARD-CORE SPOILERS*** I, too, was surprised by how much the film deviated from my expectations. Has my inner rage been itching for a proletariat-uprising eat-the-rich feel-good revenge narrative? Hell yes! What I found was a reminder that, across history, the most brutal sacrifices are women's bodies to each and every regime. Note how the movie starts with her at her wedding, the legal exchange of bodily personhood to her husband, which is stalled by the late arrival of the Judge. She is in limbo, legally and morally, when she leaves the house. The only time she approaches being "safe" is in the first scenes (which we find is an illusionary safety) and the home of the characters she is trying to help (in a savior-complex way without understanding). Her body is shifted between controlling regimes that take her away to "safety" each time to show the lie again. Her only true safety is in attempting an improvised reciprocity. with others in vulnerability. The state, the revolution, her husband, her family, the vulnerable people she tried to help - ALL are betrayed by the New Order. Walked out going "Damn, that was heavy," but glad I got more than a revenge-fantasy one-night-stand out of this ticket.