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My Days of Mercy is a 2017 romantic drama film directed by Tali Shalom Ezer and written by Joe Barton. It stars Kate Mara, Elliot Page, Amy Seimetz, Brian Geraghty, and Elias Koteas. It screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2017, as a Gala Presentation. [1]
- Performances Rule The Day
- A Formulaic Love Story Still Warms The Heart
- Balancing Pain and Love
- Conclusion: My Days of Mercy
For all its hefty plot elements, My Days of Mercy is, at its heart, a character piece. Namely, it takes a long look at Page’s Lucy, a young person adrift in small-town middle America. Trauma stemming from her mother’s death and her father sitting on death row has left her closed off, and its her slow awakening that really drives the film forward. I...
While this may make My Days of Mercy sound like a depressing watch (and, let’s face it, it kind of is), the love story is vibrant enough to break through the gloom. Anyone familiar with queer cinema will know its beats by heart: tentative flirtation and longing glances make for some extended foreplay, and once they finally give in hidden complicati...
Where the love story is pretty straightforward, the way this film addresses the death penalty debate is anything but. Granted, that’s kind of a necessity; we’re rooting for lovers on opposing sides, so we need to at least understand where each person is coming from. The film gives them valid reasons for having and sticking to their beliefs, and it’...
Heady problems put the characters in My Days of Mercy through the wringer, but the clarity with which they are captured makes the difficult journey more poignant. Seimetz and Mara particularly shine, handling their complicated roles with ease. Shalom-Ezer keeps the film tethered together, even when minor problems threaten to push it out of its deli...
Jul 5, 2019 · 103 minutes ‧ 2019. Writer. Joe Barton. Director. Tali Shalom-Ezer. My Days of Mercy has an undeniably intriguing premise, but does not have any strong ideas about how to bring it to life.
May 14, 2021 · My Days of Mercy is a classic Montagues and Capulets in that it follows the romance between two activists on opposing sides of a debate. Lucy (Elliot Page*), who has spent the last eight years trying to get her dad off death row for the murder of her mother, tours the country with her sister, Martha, jumping from protest to protest in an effort ...
Sep 13, 2017 · Mercy (Kate Mara) attends the execution of the man who murdered her father’s partner where she meets Lucy, who is outside protesting. The two form an intense romantic relationship despite the fact that Mercy is on the opposing side of the political issue.
A powerful and heart-wrenching tale of finding love in the least-likely of places. Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (Inception, The Umbrella Academy) and Kate Mara (TV's House of Cards) star in...
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My Days of Mercy. The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman who is on the opposing side of her family's political cause. Watch My Days of Mercy with a...
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- Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
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