Hi there,

Thank you for your take ! You illuminated much (particularly where the film sits in Coppola's oeuvre and that of similar filmmakers. I also noted the symbolic "replacing" of the watch with the bracelet, a telling moment.

I still think there's room for critique from the feminist lens, in that in the end, Laura's pain is seen as completely her responsibility. While it is true that our own hurts and issues are ours to own and grow through, and no one is an 'innocent party" as it were, the film still asks her to take on all the responsibility. I would have liked to see it investigate how the actions and choices of the men around her, first her father and then her husband, contributed to this lonliness she feels, and allow her to "become the butterfly," grow and emerge, in a community of understanding. Of course, all our self-actualization and emergence must, on some level, be a solo quest, but wouldn't it be easier if some of the burden of responsibility had been owned by those who actually caused the pain? Maybe asking too much, I know. Go Laura. I feel her.