Pieces of a Woman is a 2020 Canadian-American drama directed by Kornél Mundruczó, from a screenplay by Kata Wéber. The film stars Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails, and Ellen Burstyn as the family and associates of Martha (Kirby) involved in her traumatic childbirth, baby loss, and a subsequent court case against the midwife, Eva (Parker), whom Martha’s mother Elizabeth (Burstyn) blames for the baby’s death. Martin Scorsese and Sam Levinson served as executive producers, and the film was scored by Howard Shore.
Plot
Martha and Sean, a young Boston couple, are expecting their first child. Sean resents Martha’s mother Elizabeth, a wealthy Holocaust survivor, who is buying them a minivan.
Cast
Vanessa Kirby as Martha Weiss
Shia LaBeouf as Sean Carson
Ellen Burstyn as Elizabeth Weiss
Molly Parker as Eva Woodward
Sarah Snook as Suzanne Weiss
Iliza Shlesinger as Anna “Anita” Weiss
Benny Safdie as Chris
Jimmie Fails as Max
Domenic Di Rosa as Medical Examiner
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