I spread it out over 2x nights, about 45 minutes a night. I'm not good with slow features. SPOILERS - After cruel, abandoned, blind, Mother dies, young daughter empties Mother's strong box, in it are manuscripts, rejected by publishers, that daughter then claims as her own work, long after the film's events. This is why she cannot write when her publishers want a book from her that they've presumably paid for ''they're spitting nails'' says her agent at the beginning. The earlier books, Mother's, were best sellers, that's why she got an advance, otherwise the publishers wouldn't be bothered if there were no advance cash paid, and they don't pay advances to newbies, not enough to get upset about. She's not a writer and never was. Well, now she is, through duress, ''everyone's got a story.'' The cruelty of her Mother is mirrored by the android and also her entrapment indoors. Locked in as a child and the same in the high tech house. Only Mother or Android have keys. The child abuse upset me and I think that was needless. Strangulation, slapping, constant belittlement. At the very end our heroine has her manuscript and leaves in her motor car, still working after 3 months parked up and a day's alarm going off to attract janitors (there are none) 8 weeks earlier. Contrary to other reviewers there are no loose ends, she leaves with the first book she, herself, has ever written. It was not until near the end that I realised our heroine was also the abused young girl, I thought it was just imagination. It was autobiography.
A good film. I'm glad I watched it.
A good film. I'm glad I watched it.