A funeral becomes a mirror—what are you performing for everyone else?
According to Emma Pine (direction), Assumptions is a short film focusing on a young female point of view and her emotional behaviour. It aims to showcase the standards set for all women regarding appearance, emotion and attitude in everyday environments which ultimately condition them and the way they express themselves.
Direction
Emma Pine's unflinching female gaze—no male director could land this.
Acting
Esther-Rose McGregor's face does what dialogue cannot.
Director
Emma Pine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in 2020, this arrived as 'nice girls' and 'resting B**** face' debates peaked online—Pine rejects the meme-ification entirely.
Esther-Rose McGregor is Ewan McGregor's daughter; this debut suggests inherited talent and entirely separate vision.
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