3 films, 3 characters, 3 actresses : 3 gems

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3 films, 3 characters, 3 actresses : 3 gems

I watched three films over the past one week. Three films so different from one another and yet quite compelling. Of course, the degree to which I was drawn into the story differed but all the three remained with me long after the end credits began to roll.

A co-incidence, when I think of it now, that all the three stories have the female lead as the protagonist.

Sarah Polley as Hanna in ‘The Secret Life of Words’
Emily Mortimer as Jessie in ‘Transsiberian’
Catalina Sandino Moreno as Maria in ‘Maria Full of Grace’

I do not know yet what exactly am I writing on. The three films? Or the three women who defined …


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