USA,
2015, 82 min
Shown in 2016
CREDITS
- dir
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Maris Curran
- prod
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Carly Hugo, Maris Curran, David Oyelowo, Matt Parker
- scr
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Maris Curran
- cam
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Sofian el Fani
- editor
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Ron Dulin
- mus
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David Boulter
- cast
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David Oyelowo, Dianne Wiest, Rosie Perez
- source
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Five Nights in Maine,
Loveless
123 Bowery, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10002
carly@moreloveless.com
http://www.moreloveless.com
OTHER
An Atlanta man receives a call one otherwise ordinary day informing him of the sudden death of his wife Fiona (Hani Furstenberg) in an auto accident. His plans and life interrupted, Sherwin (David Oyelowo, Selma) slides into a grief-shocked, whiskey-soaked lethargy of self-blame and self-pity. Seeking some way out of his malaise, he crawls off the couch and makes the long drive to his mother-in-law’s woodsy New England house. Lucinda (Dianne Wiest) is ailing but imposing, and receives Sherwin with a well-chilled blend of ingrained formality and latent resentment. Their awkward encounter of Yankee acidity and Southern civility is facilitated, as much as it can be, by Lucinda’s caregiver Ann (Rosie Perez). First-time writer-director Maris Curran draws impressively vulnerable performances from her veteran cast, who skillfully convey the social gulfs and shared values that repel and attract the characters. A 2014 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant recipient, Five Nights in Maine favors low-key naturalism over melodrama, and ambiguous incident to heavy-handed symbolism. —Michael Fox
FACTOID #343
Director Sally Potter was the first person to be honored with the Festival’s Satyajit Ray Award. In 1993 she was interviewed onstage and her new film Orlando was screened. In 2005, she turned the tables by interviewing Peter J. Owens Award recipient Joan Allen.
