Archeology of a Woman rides the edge between reality and fiction when a daughter returns home to care for her mother’s worsening dementia and discovers her connection to a thirty-year-old crime. Written, produced and directed by critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Sharon Greytak. Oscar nominated/Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland stars in this maternal role as the feisty former newspaper columnist who fights to protect her freedom in spite of an illness she cannot control. Tony Award winner Victoria Clark plays the daughter torn between her own aspiring career and her mother’s demands. The film investigates the visceral experiences of age-related dementia and the lives of two very different generations of women. A story of lust, longing and secrecy.
by director Sharon Greytak, noted as one of 10 filmakers to watch in 2014
Sally Kirkland’s role is a performer’s dream. Every emotion is on display–rage, helplessness, violence, aching, aging sexual fire and fear–of her future and her past. This is scenery-chewing material at its finest.
Kirkland’s galvanizing performance is mesmerizing…a momentous triumph of technique, skill and raw intensity
Sally Kirkland is uncompromisingly powerful… Victoria Clark is superb. A fascinating drama about family, memory and the terror of living with regrets
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