Abortion is a subject that runs through the core of Saint Frances, the debut film written by and starring rising talent Kelly O’Sullivan.
But until O’Sullivan’s own parents read the press coverage of the film, they didn’t know that their daughter had had an abortion several years ago.
So loaded with unnecessary shame is the subject that, even in her early 30s, O’Sullivan had kept this most personal experience from her mum and dad, wincing at the prospect of a confrontation. “There was a part of me that feared I would be judged by the people who I loved most,” she tells NME, speaking on a Zoom call from Chicago.The superlative reviews are stacking up for O’Sullivan’s debut as writer and star.
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