Episode 81: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Beyond the Screenplay
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The Mother Leaves
I love the idea of showing what real witches were, which was a community. I wanted children and this whole community of women kind of taking care of each other. And then having that haunting, amazing moment where they sing that song. But a transcendent moment in just film. The movie does have power dynamics, but it is slowly breaking those down.
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