Women Talking (2022)

Kate Hallett: Autje

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• Autje : [narrating]  We didn't talk about our bodies. So when something like this happened there was no language for it. And without language for it, there was a gaping silence. And in that gaping silence was the real horror.

• Autje : Sometimes I think people laugh as hard as they'd like to cry.

• [Last lines] 

  Autje : Your story will be different from ours.

• Salome : Fuck it off!

  Autje : I think it's "Fuck off," actually.

• Autje : The attacks were originally attributed to ghosts and demons. When the women woke up feeling drowsy and in pain, their bodies bruised and bleeding, many believed they were being made to suffer as punishment for their sins. Many accused the women of lying for attention or to cover up adultery.

• Autje : You're not dying, your glasses need a clean.

• Autje : We saw our bodies from above, not knowing if this was how God saw us, or because we didn't want to be in them.

• Autje : They said later, it should have taken longer to pack up a whole life. It was disappointing to realize that everything that ever mattered to you could be gathered up in a few short hours.

• Autje : The attackers were taken into custody for their own protection.