important for the imagery in the film to mirror the weight of this seemingly impossible

color palette would make the audience feel a conflict between this suppressive community and the

of silence, he says, were for the audience to experience what they had just seen

film is designed to challenge your ideas visually,” says Montpellier

Montpellier needed to consider was conveying the idea of a ticking clock, since the women

the light shift subtly throughout the entire film so that you had this subconscious feeling

to what Montpellier calls the “visual climax,” the women sing a hymn-like song

day having run out, they still take this moment to take care of what is

shot where the sun sets right behind in real-time as our little girl falls

there was no better way to play with time and with this beautiful moment