Individual’s Struggle with the Past and Reconciliation in the Movie Boundaries

Individual’s Struggle with the Past and Reconciliation in the Movie Boundaries
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Individual’s Struggle with the Past and Reconciliation in the Movie Boundaries
Introduction
The title of the film Boundaries communicates the theme of reconciliation and a struggle with one’s past. In this movie, the “boundary” between the individuals or more specifically between Jack (Christopher Plummer) and her daughter Laura Jaconi (Vera Farmiga) is tattered. Jaconi’s therapist had warned that such a relationship is detrimental to her psychological well-being. That said, Laura programmed her cellphone to produce a shrill sound when her estranged father calls – and a tag that read: “Do Not Pick Up.” The more Jaconi attempts to establish boundaries within her life, the faster such lines are crossed, culminating in a struggle with her past or reconcile with it. This report discusses the theme of reconciliation and the inability to control one’s past via Jaconi and Jack’s critical lens centered on ideas developed within the film “Boundaries.”
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Jack struggles with setting boundaries and finds himself crossing too many established lines. Regardless of his lasting charm, he faces eviction from his seniority community due to unspecified misconduct. After extensive betrayals and letdowns, Jaconi decides that she needs nothing related to his old man. However, as a single mother, Jaconi needs assistance since her son Henry had been expelled for social awkwardness and bullying tendencies. Henry used his artistic competencies to draw a nude of his school principal (imaginatively posing naked). However, Laura is reluctant to make a deal with Jack – if he decides to assist her foot Hen...