“Pieces of a Woman” is a new drama film by Kornél Mundruczó. It stars Vanessa Kirby giving a powerhouse performance.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film.
- Pieces of a Woman is a 2020 drama film
- It is directed by Kornél Mundruczó
- From a screenplay by Kata Wéber
- It stars Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails and Ellen Burstyn
- Martin Scorsese serves as an executive producer
- The film is directly related to Mundruczó and Wéber’s 2018 stageplay of the same name
- The stage was performed by the artistic ensemble of TR Warszawa
- The film had its world premiere on September 4, 2020 at the 77th Venice International Film Festival
- There Kirby won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- It was released in select theaters on December 30, 2020
- Before beginning to digitally stream on Netflix on January 7, 2021
- The film received generally positive reviews
- With praise for the performances of Kirby, LaBeouf and Burstyn
- In October 2019, it was announced Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf had joined the cast of the film, with Kornél Mundruczó directing from a screenplay by Kata Wéber
- Wéber wrote the film based on her own experience losing her child with director Mundruczo, her partner, to an unsuccessful pregnancy
- Wéber submitted the script to the Hungarian National Film Fund, but did not get support, later an American producer picked it up
- Sam Levinson and Martin Scorsese serve as executive producers on the film
- In December 2019, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn, Molly Parker and Iliza Shlesinger joined the cast of the film
- In January 2020, Sarah Snook and Benny Safdie joined the cast of the film
- Howard Shore composed the film’s score
- Principal photography began in December 2019 around Montreal
- Post shoot footage was done in and around Oslo, Norway
- This includes the end sequence
- The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival in official competition on September 4, 2020
- Shortly after, Netflix acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film
- It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in late September 2020
- It was released in select theaters on December 30, 2020, before beginning to digitally stream on Netflix on January 7, 2021
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77%
- Based on 145 reviews
- With an average rating of 6.9/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “Pieces of a Woman struggles to maintain momentum after a stunning opening act, but Vanessa Kirby’s performance makes the end result a poignant portrait of grief”
- On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100
- Based on 36 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- In December 2020, following a lawsuit against LaBeouf for alleged abuse, Netflix removed his name from their For Your Consideration web page
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