For most women, motherhood is a wonderful and transformative experience, but it is also an exhausting stage that can sometimes make us feel frustrated, overwhelmed and we can no longer. What am I going to tell you not to know.
It is not often that cinema tackles motherhood from this point of view, that's why the trailer of Tully, the next Charlize Theron movie, which shows the reality of an exhausted mother of three children.
The trailer fills us with expectation. A baby is heard crying during virtually the entire sequence and a mother who takes care of her children and the house during the day and night. Surely more than one feels identified when we see her pumping milk at night, when she drops the phone on the baby or when the husband comes home and asks "Again, frozen pizza?".
Charlize Theron gives life to Marlon, a mother with three children, a newborn, and with a husband quite absent from work. Seeing her overwhelmed, her brother wants to help her and "Gives" the services of a night babysitter to relieve her.
There comes Tully, the young nanny, and although she initially refuses his help, they will end up establishing a peculiar and very close relationship.
You have to be a mother to know
The actress acknowledges that her own motherhood has been essential to play this role and confesses that I couldn't have done it before being a mother:
"I don't think I could have done this movie without having experienced motherhood before, so it has come at the perfect time for me. There is a lot of pressure on parents to be able to balance everything in their life perfectly and while they do it with a smile. So I wanted to tell a story that shows parents that 'Hey, life is much harder for us, and nothing happens if you have to seek help' "
The chameleon Charlize has had to gain 15 kilos for the filming of the film. Is it essential to gain weight to incarnate a mother of three? This detail about the characterization convinces me nothing, however the movie promises. It was written by Diablo Cody, winner of the Oscar for best screenplay by Juno's libretto (2007), and directed by Jason Reitman, director of Juno herself and tapes such as Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron.
The importance of asking for help
We can barely see in the trailer how the relationship of the two women will be, but without a doubt it leaves us a beautiful message about the importance of ask for help when we feel overwhelmed.
We believe that we will be able to do everything and when we want to realize we find a person we do not recognize. An exhausted woman who barely enjoys her children and surpassed by responsibilities, on the verge of depression or depression.
We should not feel guilty or ashamed for asking for help. That does not make us bad mothers. Ask or accept help from our environment It will allow us to ease the burden of childcare, and ultimately that will have a happier upbringing.
The movie 'Tully' will hit theaters this year, probably before the middle of the year, although there is still no release date.
