Set in Vancouver, Canada, with two indigenous female characters at the forefront, the film is a distinctive Vancouverite tale. Unfortunately, it is also quite a universal one, particularly true for…- Part 3- Part 3 The kind that makes you sit still watching the credit rolls while trying to remember how to breathe. Watched Feb 09, 2021. Financial analysis of The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu … made you feel like you were there observing it in person. TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Antigone and Firecrackers compete for Rogers $100,000 Best Canadian Film Award TORONTO – Bong Joon-ho ’s Parasite took three top awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association, while Noah Baumbach ’s Marriage Story took two acting awards. A film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn *Official Selection of Berlinale 2019* ** Seattle premiere! 7 talking about this. Nevertheless, "story" is a generous word to describe this, a true encounter from codirector Tailfeather's life. A love poem to women, THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN weaves a compellingly simple story around the complex themes of racialized female bodies, a country's failure to support its most vulnerable youth, and the continuing effects of colonial violence. 7.0. Fergus Brazier’s review published on Letterboxd: the way it was mostly a one-shot was cool, and the times there were cuts each of those scenes were also one-shots. The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open 2019 / Brilliantly and painfully realistic. A film by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn *Official Selection of Berlinale 2019* Gisela Levy’s review published on Letterboxd: Probably the most emotional 'single-take' journey I've been in. ** Skillfully written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers & Kathleen Hepburn, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open follows two Indigenous women from vastly different backgrounds when their worlds collide as one of them, Rosie (Violet Nelson), is fleeing a violent domestic attack. Shot almost entirely in one take and on a tiny budget, and yet the central performance in this movie is still better than most big-budget dramas I’ve seen this year. THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN is her debut narrative feature. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Digital Screenings 8 talking about this. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open 2019 ★★★ Watched Feb 15, 2021. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a poignant “women story” co-directed and co-written by Kathleen Hepburn and one of its leads, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open 2019. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a maddeningly slow-moving story that despite its pace still manages to offer absorbing sympathetic moments.