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One night can change your life forever.
After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within her relationship.
The Light of the Moon
2017 Directed by Jessica M. Thompson
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月亮之光, The Light of the moon
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if the world was fair stephanie beatriz would be getting some recognition for her work in this movie
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“The Light of the Moon” is a lucid, clinical, and wholly necessary drama about life after rape, and the while the film is far more watchable than it might sound (thanks in large part to Stephanie Beatriz’s rich and involving lead performance), viewers should know what’s in store for them. At the same time, “trigger warning” doesn’t feel like the right term, or at least not a sufficient one. While it’s inevitable that writer-director Jessica M. Thompson’s exquisitely sensitive feature debut will stimulate the traumas that sexual assault survivors have experienced, that kind of seems like the point.
Beatriz — as human here as she is a puffed up caricature on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — stars as Bonnie, a Williamsburg architect…
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"It's fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine. These things happen."
Women Film Editors #163: Jessica M. Thompson
According to a 1986 article in the Los Angeles Times, there were 22,520 murders recorded in California in 1981; by ratio, "metropolitan areas reported nine murders per 100,000 inhabitants, as against five in smaller cities and six in rural counties." I haven't yet found numbers related to the state's statistics on rape, especially attacks perpetrated against women of color and the number of reports versus amount of cases actually solved and/or brought to trial with a successful conviction, but I assume that times were generally pretty bleak back then.
I mention this because earlier this month, a California man was arrested for the sexual…
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“How about you let me decide how I feel and how I want to handle this?”
Deserves recognition. Movies that don’t shy away from addressing sensitive topics need to be more mainstream, especially when done well.
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"I really need to tell you something."
There's a certain comfort in seeing a familiar but often butchered premise finally developed properly. Above all else, The Light of the Moon feels honest and understanding, highlighting the conflict in the smallest moments. This is a movie about feeling secure, mentally and physically, and the emotional struggle that immediately follows trauma. We face the unexciting aspects of the aftermath because they are true nevertheless, and people must do these day to day tasks regardless of what happened to them the night before. The visual direction is not without flaws, but the vulnerability it pulls from every actor more than compensates. Stephanie Beatriz is truly fantastic here, acting with her entire body and…
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written from a female director’s perspective, jessica m. thompson shows us the true reality of a female sexual assault victim portrayed by stephanie beatriz, giving us a raw performance by portraying bonnie, a victim struggling to settle back into reality while trying to slowly accept herself and find meaning in her life again and fixing her failing relationship with her partner, her colleagues and family. it’s difficult to watch at times but it’s showed in a way that is wholehearted and honest and it’s one of the most important things we need to see in a movie that talks about a sensitive topic.
also shoutout to all the other female sexual assault victims still out there struggling finding a voice, you are heard and you are valid.
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the light of the moon delicately handles intricacies of post-trauma life that i've never even considered before. begging loved ones to stop walking on eggshells around you, to go back to normal, to stop rehashing one of the worst things that ever happened to you, and to please stop implying that you're doing everything wrong
"well maybe if you hadn't had your headphones in" "you shouldn't have been drinking so much" "don't you think you should tell ___ what happened?" "you're putting too much pressure on me!"
the suffocation of being told how to feel and how to act by people who have never gone through what you have in their lives...it's not an enjoyable thing to watch, especially with…
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“it sucks okay? what happened to me, it’s shit, but this pity party is just makin’ it worse.”
i watched this earlier today and i can wholeheartedly say that i am still in awe.
the light of the moon is an incredibly important film that explores the realistic and heartbreaking aftermath of sexual assault. stephanie beatriz is an absolutely phenomenal lead and she truly delivers a powerful, raw and emotive performance. i have so much respect for her for taking on this tough role and i also have a huge amount of respect for jessica m. thompson who not only directed this film, but wrote, produced AND edited it. oh and on top of all that she’s also australian so that’s pretty freaking incredible.
this film really deserves more attention and recognition. it’s just so honest and needed and i’m so glad that it’s finally out of my watchlist.
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stephanie beatriz in this movie : *acts*
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“I don’t know if we can survive this.”
The Light of the Moon tells the story of Bonnie, a New York woman, during the weeks following a sexual assault. She has to learn how to navigate the pain that has been brought onto her and how to cope with it. She hits a few bumps im the road as she chooses to repress what she’s feeling until it’s too much to hold inside, hurting her relationship, friendships and ultimately hurting her.
Stephanie Beatriz beautifully portrays the hurt, confusion and anger her character is feeling, which mirrors the story perfectly. A story that goes beyond its premise and dives deep into the aftermath of a terrible event. It was crude and… -
