Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.
Directed by Josephine Decker
pregnancy
theatre group
coming of age
mental illness
dream sequence
mentor protégé relationship
woman director
mother daughter relationship
reality shifts
improvisational theatre
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Cast
Helena Howard
Madeline
Molly Parker
Evangeline
Miranda July
Regina
Okwui Okpokwasili
Nurse, KK
Sunita Mani
Assistant Max
Felipe Bonilla
Santos, Cousin Elmer
Lisa B. Tharps
Laura
Dana Eskelson
Lamo
Sophie Traub
Hollie, Dr. French
Reynaldo Piniella
Jaime
Henry Leyva
Henry
Ivan Martin
Onur
Crew
Josephine Decker
Director
Josephine Decker
Writer
Josephine Decker
Editor
Ashley Connor
Director of Photography
Elizabeth Rao
Producer
Joe Swanberg
Executive Producer
Allison Rose Carter
Co-Producer
Amanda Krieg Thomas
Music Supervisor
Terence Nance
Thanks
Charlotte Royer
Production Design
Nick Grau
First Assistant Director
Ted Day
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
66 reviews
alissa
3.0★ · 07/27/25
all it did was give me a headache
all it did was give me a headache
Haris johal
6.6★ · 09/16/24
Finally a representation of acting that isn’t glorified, we see it for the sick and deluded cult it is. As well as a look into exploitation of actors. This film was authentically itself not trying to be anything more than its message.
Finally a representation of acting that isn’t glorified, we see it for the sick and deluded cult it is. As well as a look into exploitation of actors. This film was authentically itself not trying to be anything more than its message.
anhoso
8.0★ · 08/29/24
What you are experiencing is just a metaphor.calla wjgrhwhdn lo incomodo de la peeeliii puto increible
Helena Howard, un monton papi
What you are experiencing is just a metaphor.calla wjgrhwhdn lo incomodo de la peeeliii puto increible
Helena Howard, un monton papi
Liam Kinghorn
8.0★ · 01/02/24
An experimental artistic vision brought to life in a way that fully utilizes the capabilities of filmmaking.
An experimental artistic vision brought to life in a way that fully utilizes the capabilities of filmmaking.
Wil Carr
10.0★ · 04/20/23
Whenever I get to write my own intro to film syllabus this is going straight to the week on sound
Whenever I get to write my own intro to film syllabus this is going straight to the week on sound
