12 Oct 2005
Not Here to Be Loved
Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. Until the day, he dares to push the doors of a tango lesson...
Mother Lear
"...that way madness lies"
An irascible Shakespeare scholar with early onset dementia communicates with her caretaker daughter using the only language available to her, the text of King Lear, as the two struggle with aging, love, and their own balance of power.
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Ava Roy Cordelia
Courtney Walsh Lear
Rush Rehm Man in Doorway
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