sisterly

Hollywood has told this story before, it can be fairly said, and Kapadia channels those pleasures of sisterly solidarity and getting your groove back while also adding a subtle layer of spiritual awakening.

While they race against one another, Cashmore - who is five years the senior of Steadman - says they rarely interact outside of the blue carpet, despite her team-mate's description of a sisterly relationship.

Whereas “The Homecoming” was noted for its claustrophobic machismo, here it’s the women who dominate the proceedings, vacillating between sisterly tenderness and bitter recriminations.

For many, their time in the military was their first time living away from their families, and they describe forming sisterly bonds.

But in the scenes of child rearing, the absence of faces expresses something more: a depth of sisterly intimacy and family solidarity that renders exposition superfluous.