We Go Way Back

Quietly devastating yet ultimately uplifting film. It captures the particularly female experience of putting others needs ahead of one's own- and this being the expectation of the people around the main character. We are introduced to character after character happily and quite blindly taking advantage and even glorifying her selflessness. The scene where the director of the play toasts Kate is perfect. The psychological brutality of the movie is hidden by how normalized this all is- how easy it is to just not see.