Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Director: Eliza Hittman
Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Eliazar Jimenez
USA, 2020, 101', DCP, color
English with Turkish subtitles 

One of the most talked-about films of 2020 and winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale, Never Rarely Sometimes Always deals with the very sensitive subject of abortions and follows a teenager from a small town in Pennsylvania who wants to abort an unwanted pregnancy, but it is illegal in her state. She takes her cousin with her to New York City to take care of the problem. Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a moving and unique work; Variety gave it five stars, praising the film's ability to combine a dreamy atmosphere with a cruel reality and calling it a "quietly devastating gem."

The crucial scene that gives Never Rarely Sometimes Always its title will surely become a staple of feminist cinema. Recognising your own alienation goes hand in hand with bursting through it. This is a process which, like a glass cage shattering into millions of tiny pieces, is both painful and spectacular to behold.