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Although overall a pretty trivial film on the merits, something powerfully compelling is in there, at once grim and glowing, following the title character’s life through its arc of woeful interactions with other human beings.  Watch with someone you love, really.
SPOILERS, so just stop reading now alright?
Her later life turns further and further south as her trust in the people in her life runs out, and her will to live reaches its zenith.  Even then, her lover is terrified of hurting her again, so pushes her away, while her would-be rescuer (an old female friend) she pushes away herself, afraid of being hurt by more human interaction.

Despite all its melodramatic tricks, or in spite of myself and quite because of them, I couldn’t help but draw parallels to real life.  Beyond that, well, this isn’t my diary, it is a blog.