This is how she meets Mercy (Kate Mara), again and again. And wherever they go, the American Institute of Homicide Survivors follows. Her life revolves around protests and prisons. Directionless and jobless, she is swept along in the current of Martha’s certainty. So absolute is her faith in their father that she sleeps with a sleaze bag lawyer to secure him ‘pro-boning’ representation. Martha’s belief in his innocence is unshakeable. Their dad Simon is on death row for murdering their mom eight years ago. For the Moro family, this fight is personal as well as political. With her older sister Martha and kid brother Ben, she travels from state to state in a battered RV to protest. Lucy Moro (Ellen Page) is an anti-death penalty activist. So, to balance the scales, here’s why you should watch it. ![]() It is also why the film didn’t get a fraction of the attention it deserved upon release. ![]() This is what makes it such a powerful film. My Days of Mercy is a gritty drama with a political message – hinged upon a same-sex romance. In the summaries of Page and Mara’s careers, supporting straight characters are given much greater prominence than lesbian leads. And yet – despite their starring roles – My Days of Mercy is little more than a footnote on both actors’ Wikipedia pages. ![]() Page and Mara are big names in their own right. Yet I only found out about it by a chance search of ‘lesbian’ on Netflix. My second thought: Why the hell have I never heard of My Days of Mercy? It came out in 2017. Ellen Page and Kate Mara have a lesbian film together?! This was my first thought on discovering My Days of Mercy.
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