The film topic has vast potential. The actors are nearly all stars. The director has a great name. You expect an exciting and passionate film. But. The story is not developping clearly, the action is confusing. The actors are under used and the director is a 'debutant'. You expect an exciting and passionate film but It is a film that was very nearly successfully made. At least the end is soothing. I would advise to watch Ettore Scola's "Une Journee Particulière" with Sophia Loren (divine) and Mastroaini (divine), a feminist and LGBT film of 1977! The film is far more poignant than Between Strangers. STill, it is worth watching.
Strangely brutal and lurid, not 'touching and heartfelt' at all...three women trapped by men, and unable to express their art or themselves. And the art itself when shown was equally violent and unpleasant.