‘In Bed With Victoria’ shows how ordinary depression can look like

There’s a scene right in the middle of Justine Triet’s In Bed With Victoria that changes everything we’ve seen before and defines everything we’re about to see. The titular Victoria (masterfully portrayed by Virginie Efira) is laying down in bed, smiling while one of her little girls is gently stroking her back. The entire tone of the scene changes once the small girl says to her ‘I love you’. Victoria starts crying, trying to keep her sobs quiet as to not alarm the girl, who still keeps stroking her back. Before that point in the film, the two girls were minor characters, and they will return to that status afterwards as well. Victoria’s family life is not connected to the main plot of the film — but for the first time, we get to see how important it is to her. <a href="https://medium.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-ramblings/in-bed-with-victoria-shows-how-ordinary-depression-can-look-like-184d67d53143">Learn More</a>