If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Therapist Linda is having a tough time. She struggles too much with her patients' problems, her daughter has a mysterious illness that requires her to be on an IV every night, and her husband is rarely home because of his job as a captain on a cruise ship. The only contact she has with him is by telephone, and most of the time those conversations are not pleasant. When the ceiling of her flat collapses, things really go from bad to worse. She is unable to gain control of her own life and therefore seeks help from a psychiatrist, but even that offers no solace. It all becomes too much for her.
In her second film, director Mary Bronstein, who also wrote the screenplay, offers an unvarnished look at the life of a stressed woman on the brink of collapse. That woman is portrayed with great conviction by Rose Byrne. She won a Silver Bear at the last Berlinale for that role.
