Barefoot elin5/30/2023 Brenda, Vickis younger sister, is an academic whose career is in turmoil after being caught having an affair with a student and damaging a valuable painting. Vicki, mother of two young children, has just been diagnosed with stage two lung cancer and is preparing to undergo chemotherapy. Each of the three key characters has come to the island haven of Nantucket in order to seek distance from a personal issue that is devouring them. If its an authors job to throw rocks at her characters, then Hilderbrand has upped the ante by hurling boulders at them instead. Once these opening credits slowly filter away, our lens zooms in and retains this close focus, alternating between the three main characters of Vicki, Brenda and Melanie, with the occasional moment of reflection from Josh. Josh, whos studying creative writing and is in search of a story to follow, is intrigued by the woman and their odd dynamics. Elin Hilderbrands' Barefoot'opens with a scene akin to a drawn-out framing shot in a Steven Spielberg movie: through airport attendant Josh Flynns eyes we see three woman disembarking from a plane, each lost somewhere beneath a personal burden.
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