I don't have much to contribute about her mental illness. It's not too debilitating and she was in deliberate treatment plus she found a job albeit menial that she enjoyed and excelled at in part because of her condition. Her voyeurism might be part of her illness but we the audience are engaged in a safe, voyeuristic act.
I think the entire film is kind of brilliant. The steady gaze camera work throughout broken only by her erotic encounters. This film deserves a lot more attention and critical consideration. I felt the same way about The Secretary and scoffed at the media blitz for 50 Grays. This film gives us a full, relateable character living an existence in a recognizable world. Some of the best dream sequences since the Sopranos. I really dug it
One thing I think worth mentioning; a video she watches is Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. When she sets off to visit her mother near the end she arrives wearing a hat very much like Hulot's and her walk is somewhat like his. In that film We don't know much about Hulot except he's on vacation, alone, surrounded by families and groups yet he serenely enjoys himself and maybe begins a romance.
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