Ronnie Smilovici

Definitely worth watching if only for the visual work of art that it is. Breathtaking set design and art direction…and everything else that most reviewers seem to agree on in regard to the visual aspect of the film. The part that seems to split audiences is the story and the message. Despite feeling on the surface at times as quite dark and potentially exploitive, I believe the intention was quite the opposite. The story itself is really about the modern theme of female empowerment. A kept unhappy woman commits suicide only to have a chance at a life ‘redo’ only this time starting her life in a vacuum of unbridled freedom. The message is that a woman cannot be trapped or contained or controlled by her family or a man and that for a woman to truly self-actualize she should be free to explore herself, her desires and all the world can offer her, to fully experience, without limitations or restrictions or personal restraints, everything that interests her without the limitations of social constraints or any moral obligations. Only then can she come to fully know herself, find relationships that are worth investing in and finding her true calling in life. I admit, the shock factor that this movie packs from time to time does blur that empowerment theme a little but if you search for it and really examine the plot, it becomes quite clear that this was what this cast and crew were trying to say.