Canadian
director Marianne Farley's beatific short film Marguerite (2017) is a
two-character portrait of an aged woman in her last days and the young
home-health nurse who makes daily visits. The film has barely a page of
dialogue but the women are involved in an intimate exchange of care and
trust. So much is said with their smiles and eyes. When Marguerite
learns nurse Rachel has a girlfriend, at
first her face shows surprise but then she seems to wander off into
memory. We learn of Marguerite's lingering regret and are nearly broken
when she asks Rachel, haltingly, what it is like to make love to a
woman. "C'est beau," the nurse says, tenderly. "C'est beau," the older
woman repeats. This exquisitely humane story is wrapped in fallen snow
and downy comforters and warm light: it speaks to our need for love and
our capacity for loving.
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