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This movie had millions of questions floating through my head. First, I wondered whether or not the family where Vavilova was staying would accept her when they found out she was pregnant. When Maria realized that she was I was happy to see how her attitude toward her changed and how she was being nice but very blunt with her about children. Then I wondered what was going to happen to her when she was having the baby. Those memories/visions were a bit scary. Also, when the children were playing and they attacked the oldest I was afraid she might really get hurt. They seemed so violent toward her. I'm amazed she made it out without bleeding. Then at the end when they were in the bomb shelter, I was wondering if they would make it. The dancing led me to believe that they would survive. Dancing, to me, is just something that symbolizes being free and happy. As long as they weren't afraid of what was going to happen everything would turn out fine. Then when Vavilova decided to leave her baby behind, I wondered what was going to happen to him and why did she just now decide to go back and fight. So many questions that kept me wondering what was going to happen next.
Vavilova's childbirth gave her memories/visions. I believed this to be how she would explain childbirth to someone if they ever asked her what it was like. I know that women nowadays will give a whole variety of answers so I figure that's what the flashbacks were for. She knew nothing else so she thought of trying to push a canon through sand. I imagine that would be very hard and that it would put a lot of stress on the body. I really liked this scene for that reason. I think very few women today would say that giving birth is like trying to push a canon through the sand.