Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline

NR 2018 · 94 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama

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 · Written by Josephine Decker

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Helena Howard Madeline
Molly Parker Evangeline
Miranda July Regina
Okwui Okpokwasili Nurse, KK
Sunita Mani Assistant Max
Eva Steinmetz Claire, Woman in Pig Mask
Felipe Bonilla Santos, Cousin Elmer
Lolo Haha Aart
Jorge Torres-Torres Alejandro, Craps
Lisa B. Tharps Laura
Dana Eskelson Lamo
Sophie Traub Hollie, Dr. French

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