Word: orsay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mother-Infant. In the film, Anna (Ghislaine D'Orsay) lives in an interior Tibet, where she rules as queen but is not permitted to eat. She cries of "orders that must be obeyed" and "a system that is accusing me of an infinite crime." She resists even spoonfeeding. Her analyst, Blanche (Margarita Lo-zano), patiently unravels the girl's deep, snarled skein of emotions...
Ghislaine D'Orsay, a schoolgirl in Italy making her first acting appearance, is unselfconsciously compelling as the irrational, ranting girl. Margarita Lozano carefully controls her role as the wearily optimistic analyst. She is especially touching at the end, when the girl she has raised from darkness to light-and who in turn has uplifted her-is ready to leave. "It feels like a bereavement inside of me. That, I suppose, is the price of giving birth...