The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
United States 2009, 98 mins
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Robin Penn, Maria Bello
Director: Rebecca Miller
Starring: Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Robin Penn, Maria Bello
Pippa Lee (Wright Penn) is a married mother of two grown-up children.
When her husband, who is 30 years her senior, turns 80, they move into a retirement village in Connecticut.
This is an idyllic world where they can spend their remaining years together in quiet comfort.
But privately Pippa is anything but happy about this prospect and, deep within her subconscious, old reflexes are awakened.
By turns wry, humorous, poignant and emotionally exacting, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE presents a complex portrait of the many facets behind a single name.
Astute in its dealing with the need for acquiring a deeper understanding of one’s life, this is undoubtedly the outstanding film of Miller’s (PERSONAL VELOCITY) directorial career thus far.
