this little film have long be on my keeper list . do people realize how stress out and menopausal and emotionally abused woman ( as well a the mentally retarded ) be really treat by the medical profession at the turn of the century . all of the pious uptight christian attitude of that time be deadly to explore true emotional feeling that would allow u to embrace suffer soul and let alone explore what it mean to embrace our humanity . can you really imagine ( by today standard ) that walt whitman book be ban because he acknowledge woman a have feeling and emotional response as great a a man . think about that . the sensitivity of this movie still get me and i give credit to the director for capture this through his eye .