In that case you might appreciate a scene from King Rising / Dungeon Siege (B film), where Claire Forlani’s character is a mother who ends up in Orc captivity after their village is raided. Being transported unconscious in a cage with other villagers, she eventually wakes up and sees a familiar face, a friend whom she asks about her son. When he tells her that her son didn’t make it, her facial expressions are … something else. To this date, I have not found a better metaphor for that acting than to say “her face just… breaks”. The pain on her face hits hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siyV8qODUXk&t=52m48s (scene starting at 52m48s)