Directed by:
Jeff PreissCinematography:
Christopher BlauveltComposer:
Ohad TalmorCast:
John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Taryn Manning, Peter Dinklage, Burn Gorman, Glenn Close, Caleb Landry Jones, Tim Daly, Flea, Eddie Rouse, Del Zamora (more)VOD (1)
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In her memoir, Amy-Jo Albany describes what it was like growing up in the strangely sleepy environment of Hollywood's 1970s bohemian community with a father who was at once a respected jazz pianist and a longtime heroin addict. Inspired by her story, Jeff Preiss shot his feature debut, which generates a highly complex atmosphere mixing the dreamlike nature of far-off yet joyful memories of her father with the pain she felt at witnessing his self-destructive addiction. Through the character of Joe Albany, this melancholy drama about Amy-Jo's difficult transition to adulthood has a captivating musical flavor based on both precise craftsmanship and improvisation. Crew and cast played equally major roles in the resulting, strangely elusive form of the film: DOP Christopher Blauvelt, who worked on recent films by Sofia Coppola and Kelly Reichardt, production designer Elliott Hostetter (Spring Breakers), and above all Elle Fanning, John Hawkes, and Glenn Close, who turned in intense performances. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
John Hawkes
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Taken (2002) (series)
Elle Fanning
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Lost Room (2006) (series)
Trumbo (2015)
Lena Headey
Best movies:
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Aberdeen (2000)
Taryn Manning
USA
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
White Oleander (2002)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Peter Dinklage
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Burn Gorman
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Low Winter Sun (2006) (TV movie)
Wuthering Heights (2009) (TV movie)
Glenn Close
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Tarzan (1999)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Caleb Landry Jones
USA
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Tim Daly
USA
Best movies:
Denise Calls Up (1995)
Justice League: Doom (2012)
Diner (1982)
Flea
Australia
Best movies:
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle (2003) (concert)
Off the Map (2001) (concert)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Eddie Rouse
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Pandorum (2009)
The Number 23 (2007)
Del Zamora
Best movies:
Face Off (1997)
RoboCop (1987)
Powwow Highway (1989)
Henrietta Meire
Best movies:
Low Down (2014)
Playing It Cool (2014)
Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014) (TV movie)
Ohad Talmor
Best movies:
Low Down (2014)
Billy Drago
USA
Best movies:
The Untouchables (1987)
Mysterious Skin (2004)
North and South (1985) (series)
Sandha Khin
Best movies:
Low Down (2014)
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009)
Players (2013)
Wiley M. Pickett
Best movies:
The Artist (2011)
Transformers (2007)
The Perfect Game (2009)
Sheila Korsi
Best movies:
River of Grass (1994)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
A Civil Action (1998)