Because for me, the beauty is exposing the humanity of people.

You know, pretty is as pretty does.

And when you see someone struggling to figure out who they are, there's beauty in that.

And I gravitate towards those characters that are fractured, that are broken, but are struggling to put their pieces back together.

... to put their pieces back together. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut,

brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In today's episode, a disgraced fighter gets a last shot at redemption and director Hallie Berry's

drama, Bruised. The film tells the story of mixed martial arts contestant Jackie Justice,

who has failed at the one thing she's ever been good at, fighting. When the young son she abandoned years ago

returns to her doorstep, Jackie must conquer her demons both inside and outside the cage.

Bruised is Ms. Berry's feature directorial debut. Following a recent screening of the film at the

DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Ms. Berry shares insight into the making of bruised with fellow

director David E. Talbert. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Hallie Berry, ladies and gentlemen, I asked him to move my seat a little bit farther because I saw them punches and right arm

crosses and drop kicks. You don't like one of these questions. I don't want to have to get

handled. Uh, wow. You're not too big for me though. No, I saw you, you got a big, there was a big girl in the first one.

You handled her pretty well.

Oh, well, true.

Yes, you handled her pretty well.

Wow, it's good to be here.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

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