Wendy and Lucy

Film: Wendy and Lucy
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Michelle Williams, Will Patton, Will Oldham
Premieres: 22 May 08 @ Cannes

Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people's duty to each other in tough times.
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truthfully real. affecting, on the verge of a tearful breakdown. simple story beautifully told.

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