Wendy and Lucy - Wellington Film Society
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When:
| Mon 9 May ’11, 6:15pm–7:45pm |
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Where: The Paramount Theatre, 25 Courtenay Place, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Members free. Memberships available at the door: $0.00
- 12-month membership: $95.00
- 3-film sampler membership: $33.00
- Booking fees may apply
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Kelly Reichardt | USA | 2008 | M
Wendy is heading from some unspecified personal disaster towards a new life in Alaska with her beloved yellow-gold mongrel, Lucy. She’s stranded in a backwater Oregon town, low on funds, waiting for her car to be repaired when Lucy goes missing. Distraught but stoic, she searches for the dog, dependent on the kindness of strangers in a town where no one has much of anything to spare. Working again with writer Jon Raymond, director Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) delivers a miniature, minimalist, quietly devastating slice of contemporary Americana. Her picture of small-town workers anxiously eyeing the new depression offers a tacit critique of the Bush legacy that’s as piercing as Williams’ naturalistic, nuanced performance.
- Bill Gosden, Wellington Film Festival 2009.
“There’s inevitable sadness in this story of the failings of modern America, but genuine tenderness too, and the combination is both deeply felt and subtly expressed.”
- Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival 2008
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