"While the film rejects and even mocks ideas of organized religion, it has a solid faith in nature and destiny, as well as in the fundamental goodness of its women. It expresses that faith with serene confidence in the cycles of birth, death and replenishment that play out during the story."
Ruth: She tries to protect you, and most of the times she fails. But it's the trying that makes you feel loved.\n Brenda: We carry our wounds around with us throughout life and eventually they kill us.