During the opening night of a theatrical play that deals with conflicts between love and work, Skene – a controlling stage director has an epiphany about how this play came together. As he reflects back on his collaboration with Jacqueline, the vulnerable but elusive writer, he realizes that in fact he was not in control of the story, but that she has been manipulating him all along not only to get him to direct the play the way she wants, but also to stimulate her creativity. The lines of real life and fantasy of the play begin to blur, as the director starts to suspect that he too may only be a character in the story while also grappling with bigger existential issues
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Director:
Emilia Ferreira
Writer:
Gay Walley
Cast:
Irina Bjorklund
Edoardo Ballerini
Kevin Kilner
Harry Hamlin
Producer:
Suzy Franczak Davis, Guillaume Benski, Emilia Ferreira, Courtney Andrialis
Director of photography:
Lisa Rinzler
Music:
Carlos José Alvarez
Year:
2016
Duration:
1h12
Country:
USA
Original language:
English
Partners:
N/A
Sales agent:
N/A
Festivals:
Sao Paulo Film Festival
Synopsis:
Jacqueline, an ambitious charming NY writer, is finalizing a script for a play, an interpretation of Gustav and Alma Mahler’s love affair in the 18thC, woven with inspiration, characters and moments from Jacqueline’s life. She meets Skene, a director who joins forces to realize her project. As they collaborate, the characters in the play begin winding in a labyrinth of love, pushing and pulling between their edits of the story. The lines between her real life and world of her play blurs.
