Life During Wartime Film
From:November 30, 2010 20:00 to: November 30, 2010 22:00
Location: Ballina Arts Centre
Life During Wartime
(Dir: Todd Solondz, USA, 2009)
Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Ciarán Hinds), Trish (Allison Janney) is about to get married again. Bill is a paedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Michael Lerner), a ‘normal’ father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget.
Trish's sister, Joy (Shirley Henderson), is also haunted by ghosts of lovers past. On leave from her degenerate husband, Allen (Michael Kenneth Williams), and her job at a New Jersey correctional facility, Joy unwittingly leaves behind a trail of shame and exposed secrets wherever she goes.
In one of the film's most stylized sequences, the image of Joy walking the dark streets of Miami in her nightgown maintains her innocence against a backdrop of self-affliction and desire. Life During Wartime is funny and morbid in its realism, and for fans of Solondz, it speaks to the sense of play and the strength of one of the most original voices in American filmmaking.
Adm: €7 (seasonal membership rates available).
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