Palindromes (film)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh: "Mark " Aviva
- Ellen Barkin: Joyce Victor
- Matthew Faber: Mark Wiener
- Stephen Adly Guirgis - Joe / Earl / Bob
- Richard Masur: Steve Victor
- Debra Monk: Mama Sunshine
- Emani Sledge: "Dawn" Aviva
- Valerie Shusterov: "Judah " Aviva
- Robert Agri First Judah
- John Gemberling Second Judah
- Hannah Freiman: "Henry" Aviva
- Rachel Corr: " Henrietta " Aviva
- Will Denton: " Huckleberry " Aviva
- Shayna Levine: "Bob" Aviva
Palindrome is an American feature film from the year 2004. Directed by Todd Solondz, who also wrote the screenplay.
Action
The ( multiple actresses embodied ) twelve -eared Aviva wants nothing more than to have a baby as soon as possible. Her own mother thinks this is a childish fantasy. She is amazed even more when her daughter one day is actually pregnant. Shocked forcing the girl to have an abortion - but also the traumatic intervention does not change Aviva's desire to finally become a mother.
Because she feels betrayed by her parents and is still driven by the desire to have a baby, Aviva rips from home. However, your entire trip is successful and also useless since it is become infertile as a result of abortion, which her parents had but concealed her.
Sometime Aviva eventually ends up in a Christian fundamentalist extended family. Their focus is the stressed -souled Mama Sunshine, which has made it their life's work to prepare a cozy nest unwanted children. Aviva is well integrated into the family, but also the supposed paradise soon turns out to be a dead end. The Sunshines are radical anti-abortionists who go so far that they can shoot an abortion doctor.
At the end announces a childlike Aviva, she was sure that she was now pregnant.
Different actors of the Aviva
- Emani Sledge ( in the " Dawn" )
- Valerie Shusterov ( in part "Judah " )
- Hannah Freiman ( in the " Henry" )
- Rachel Corr ( in the " Henrietta " )
- Will Denton ( in the " Huckleberry " )
- Sharon Wilkins ( in part "Mama Sunshine" )
- Shayna Levine ( in the " Bob" )
- Jennifer Jason Leigh ( in the " Mark " )
Reception
In the New York Times wrote it, the real problem of the film is not that Solondz was going too far, " but he seems to have no particular direction in mind, no artistic interest beyond the unlimited ugliness of humanity. "
In filmdienst it was thought that palindromes is " [ ... ] with his mania to pull all ideological conventions of the ground under their feet, an eminently political film". The movie " but is likely to have difficulty with his negativity forced to reach an audience that knew to take advantage of this cleverness. "
Awards
Todd Solondz took part in 2004 in the international competition of the International Film Festival of Venice and had thus opportunities for the Golden Lion. Mike S. Ryan was nominated for the 2006 Independent Spirit Award.