Out today on Amazon Prime and many other streaming services, the movie touches on the intricates of the abandoned daughter and how years of pent up pain manifests

Ewan (Golden Globe® Winner) and Clara McGregor can now join the GOATs of parent-child duos on the silver screen. Who can forget Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley’s unforgettable on-screen performance in the Netflix series Maid, or Will and Jaden Smith’s performance in the Pursuit of Happyness? Films like these and Bleeding Love delve into the uncomfortable aspects of when parents fail and their kids are wounded by their mistakes. Touching on really serious scenarios of the choices parents make that can mess up their kids, Bleeding Love like Maid and Pursuit of Happyness also show how these kids have choices to turn their pain into purpose. The trailer of the ninety-six-minute film gives a solid synopsis of what you’re about to get into before watching the film and it’s every bit of what you’ll expect, with solid performances that are believable and raw. 

Directed by Emma Westenberg, the story starts with Ewan and Clara on the road, embarking on a road trip as the father and daughter characters are estranged. That morning the daughter was released from the hospital from an overdose incident. On this trip, the father has something up his sleeve that he hasn’t shared with his daughter: that he will drop her off at a rehab facility in New Mexico. They meet interesting people along the way, people that perhaps are a mirror to their own problems, wounds, and need for healing.

A relatable story for many women whose fathers walked out- or just for anyone who can relate to abandonment, they, on their journey have to confront this wound that he [Ewan’s character] caused, of him walking out on her and her mother. It’s something that he as a father hasn’t confronted within himself, and is unable to when verbally backed against a wall by his daughter. For the women who can relate, the film will be a mirror to their own unhealed wounds if they aren’t healed.

Bleeding Love premiered at SXSW, and was selected by Emma Westenberg as the Opening Gala film at the 20th Glasgow Film Festival. It also features, Kim Zimmer, Devyn McDowell, Sasha Alexander, Jake Weary, and Vera Bulder. And was produced by Christine Vachon, Mark Amin, Clara McGregor, Vera Bulder, Greg Lauritano, Mason Plotts, and Cami Winikoff. It went on to cinemas and is on Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment announced its streaming on platforms today, like Prime, iTunes, Sky, Virgin, Google Play, Youtube Movies, Xbox, Microsoft, and Rakuten.

Clara co-wrote the script with Vera Bulder and Ruby Caster, and while it’s not a film actually based on her relationship with her father, it does draw upon its trickiness, and the challenges she has encountered with Ewan in the past.

A well put together film, it picks at wounds, and highlights the need for present parents in our society.