Like crossing paths with strangers in real life, I left my interactions with these women mulling over small details and wondering what remained unsaid.

With the third act, the power of Reichardt's elliptical approach becomes apparent.

This is not a film of big revelations or ready-made solutions. It's gentle and finely executed storytelling about ordinary people longing for connection and meaning as they face the challenges of another day.

For two hours I disappeared into Reichardt’s languid rhythms, her stoic characters, her gorgeous, hazy 16mm photography, her careful poetry.