#45. Shit Year
Director/Writer: Cam Archer
Producers: Parts and Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This is a story about a woman who has given up her passion, only to find that she really can’t stand herself, or others, without it. Colleen West (Ellen Barkin), a once renowned actress, comes unhinged as she confronts retirement and life at the twilight of her career. Haunted, she plummets into a hallucinatory affair with Harvey (Luke Grimes), a much younger actor who she met doing a small play...(more)
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Melora Walters and Luke Grimes.
Why is it on the list?: For the longest time I had the marvelously apropos titled Shit Year and another Archer project titled Pull (currently in development) as one and the same. In spite of the confusion, what we do know is Wild Tigers I Have Known announced a new talent worth keeping tabs on. Expect his sophomore project to be a highly stylized, visually alluring piece and if Barkin brings her A-game to what appears to be a gutsy, meta role, then the title will be an afterthought when discussing the film.
Release Date/Status?: Could preem in the Un Certain Regard/Director’s Fortnight section in Cannes, to be followed by film fest admissions in all four corners of the globe. Look for a distributor to buy and then showcase the film at the NYFF.
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