Eye For Film >> Movies >> Because Today Is Saturday (2025) Film Review
The all-consuming nature of motherhood springs to life in Alice Guimarães animation, which. When the alarm goes off at 6am, the mum in Because Today Is Saturday gets up to a quiet start. In a moment of calm before the storm of family life blows in, her inner self takes form for a joyous few seconds of tranquility.
As soon as the family wake up, however, all thoughts of self are quashed, replaced instead by the daily ritual of feeding and chores, as we see thoughts about these cramming themselves into the woman's head.
Guimarães engaging and flowing style offers a sort of stream-of-consciousness guide to the woman's day, accompanied by a song composed by Gisela Fulla-Silvestre that has the repetitive nature of a round, so that it adds to the sense of a daily cycle the mother is facing.
Respite comes as she bundles the children and their father out of the door, her inner-self once more blossoming out with a sense of freedom. Guimarães cleverly articulates the way that intrusive thoughts can be just as mentally draining as the children or her husband, as a swarm of clothes pegs ruin her peace.
The writer/director also has an eye for the pressure points of modern life, from the husband whose last minute interference adds insult to injury to a stray toy that might just tip you over the edge. Through it all, her constant animated reminders of what the woman is thinking and feeling generate a sense of empathy for a headspace that has become so invaded there's precious little space left for herself.
Reviewed on: 16 Nov 2025
