What 'Magnolia' Says About Childhood Trauma
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.

In the provincial theater there is a rehearsal of the staging of “Decameron” by Boccaccio. The actress can not cope with the role. The director is going to a risky experiment, which inflicts a deep psychological trauma on the actress, but, in the end, achieves the desired result.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
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