Wendy and Lucy

  • February 11, 2017 / 14:00
  • February 25, 2017 / 16:30

Director: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: Michelle Williams
USA, 2008, 80’, color,
English with Turkish subtitles

It’s a hard summer for Wendy: She finds a job in a factory in Alaska, but her car breaks down on the way. Her only love in this life is her dog Lucy, but she gets lost. A series of unfortunate events lead to her financial and emotional crisis. Wendy’s story of struggle in order to find her dog, comes to life with Kelly Reichardt’s strongly realistic direction. Michelle Williams’s performance is simple, transparent and impressiveand the director’s real-life dog Lucy accompanies her.

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