As the film goes on, Qala desperately wants to see her mother. She wants her to know that she is succeeding in the field, but she doesn’t feel right. After years of not being by her side, Qala has become independent, but also has had help as her friends have coached her through her career. Her mother refuses to come to see her, and it has been difficult for her. So this prompts her to think about her past.
There’s a darkness that looms over Qala, and she has had trouble sleeping. The doctor refused to prescribe her any more sleeping pills, which causes her to lose all sense of reality. There are moments from her past, like seeing her father dangling from a tree after taking his own life, that have stayed with her. There is one scene towards the end where she is in the recording studio, and she can’t hear anything. Instead, she gets cold feet because it’s snowing and she’s freezing.
Qala hasn’t been fully present in a long time, and the way her mother tortured her manifested into another version of herself – her conscience – that played on her mind. When her mother finally came to visit, Qala took her own life in her bedroom, and her mother saw her dangling from the ceiling.
It feels repetitive for Qala’s mother, and after showing her love in a different way, she lost the one child who stayed with her. Neglecting your child is not the best way to let them live their lives because everyone needs someone to love them unconditionally, even if the love is projected differently.
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