Women's disempowerment, authoritarian abuse, violence, corruption and discrimination; These are the enduring themes of the 2008 American drama film based on a true story and directed by Clint Eastwood, Changeling. Changeling depicts the story of a working-class single mother named Christine Collins, who lost her child Walter to kidnapping. Shortly after Christine reported her son missing, the Los Angeles Police Department actually found a boy who they and the boy believed was hers, but that clearly wasn't the case. Christine found the courage to assert her forced custody of the boy and found herself in a sticky situation for challenging authority, with the Los Angeles Police Department discriminating against her because she was a woman, calling her “unstable and irrational” and using her power. to contain her in a psychiatric institution. I first saw Changeling in 2008 after the film's DVD release. I had decided to watch it after seeing that my mother had rented the new version at the video store and noticed that the director was Clint Eastwood, whose films I had already had experience with and enjoyed greatly. This first viewing triggered quite a strong emotional response, so much so that I was even on the verge of tears. I obviously found it easy to let myself be completely captivated by the film in such a relaxed environment, in the privacy of my own home, with someone (my mother) with whom I had a direct relationship and who had the same tastes. for visual texts. I felt the story was easily accessible, even to a wide range of ages, of course, as evidenced by the fact that my mother, an experienced, middle-aged woman, and I, then a young teenager, both had an almost identical answer. .Although the main theme of the film, a mother losing her child...... middle of paper ...... often gets confused with topics such as those presented in the film. This analysis of my reading focuses on my own life experience, my values, my attitudes and my beliefs. These elements affected my interpretation and understanding of the themes presented in Changeling. The way I interpreted this text clearly supports Barthes' theory of the death of the author and correlates with Beach's perspectives. Each individual who reads a text is influenced in their interpretation by their textual, social, experiential, psychological and cultural experiences and each reading is therefore entirely individual; This is my reading and my defense. Works cited Barthes, R. The death of the author. 1968. London: CollinsBeach, R. A Teacher's Introduction to Reader Response Theories. 1993. Pages 7 to 10. Poisson, Stanley. Is There a Text in This Class, Harvard U. Press, (1980), 147–174