Wendy and Lucy

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Movie
German title Wendy and Lucy
Original title Wendy and Lucy
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 80 minutes
Rod
Director Kelly Reichardt
script Jonathan Raymond ,
Kelly Reichardt
production Larry Fessenden ,
Neil Kopp ,
Anish Savjani
camera Sam Levy
cut Kelly Reichardt
occupation

Wendy and Lucy is an American film drama from the year 2008 . Kelly Reichardt directed the film and co-wrote the script with Jonathan Raymond .

action

Wendy owns the dog Lucy. The woman travels to Alaska , where she hopes to find a lucrative job in a fish factory. Her car gives up on the road in Oregon , which gets Wendy into financial trouble. She becomes homeless.

Reviews

Manohla Dargis noted in her report from the Cannes International Film Festival 2008 in the New York Times on May 24, 2008 that Kelly Reichardt would be one of the most interesting young American filmmakers ( “Ms. Reichardt (...) has become one of the most interesting young American filmmakers " ). The film offers "unreflected realism" and careful camera work. He is political, but without the "usual showmanship" .

backgrounds

Michelle Williams said in an April 2008 interview for Elle magazine that playing a homeless woman was "a very healing experience" . After that, at times she did not know where she and her two-year-old daughter - who accompanied her during the filming - should go.

The project is also known under the titles Train Choir and Wendy . The world premiere took place on May 22, 2008 at the Cannes International Film Festival 2008 (in the Un Certain Regard series ). On 5./7. September 2008 the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.festival-cannes.fr , accessed on May 19, 2008
  2. ↑ a b omg.yahoo.com ( Memento of March 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 19, 2008
  3. ^ Report by Manohla Dargis in the New York Times , accessed May 28, 2008
  4. ↑ Release dates for Wendy and Lucy , accessed May 19, 2008
  5. ↑ tiff08.ca ( Memento of September 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 30, 2008