In this astounding film, Byrne ritually re-enacts the cutting of her mother’s hair at
a critical time of an eventually fatal illness. A cathartic and reverential mode of behaviour
helped by “Dream Family”, a new pantheon of goddesses created by her own mind and
hand. We may not always be able to change the brutal twists of life but we can certainly
change the way we look at and relate to them. The effect of Nadine Byrne’s film, although
private in essence, is here shared as a secret seed, a new quintessence.
Text by Carl Abrahamsson, from the DVD collection "Back to Human Nature" (Njutafilms 2010)