Inspired by the life of Christine Chubbuck, an ambitious reporter during the 70s, who works at Sarasota, Florida, where she works hard to have herself improved and successful, but she struggles against facing the destructive and negative world did lives in.
It's a haunting reflection on the hopefulness of feminism for the 1970s working woman, which is also uncomfortably effective. And while Christine's death is a part of the conclusion of the narrative, it doesn't define it.
Impeccably played by Rebecca Hall, this is a thoughtful reflection on life's casual cruelties and how little attitudes towards women have changed since Watergate.
Rebecca Hall's Christine is not someone you would rush up to hug. Smart and driven, she is also abrasive, pushy and socially inept - qualities that [she] embodies in her performance with immense technical skill and heartbreaking empathy.
"Christine" is based on true events, and I suspect it's all the more powerful if you don't know what happens at the end. I did, but the film still gripped me.
Campos' deliberately still camerawork captures Christine's sense of discord, with the eerie calm of her surroundings emphasising her fitful depression.
