CONTENTS International Competition Jury Films Cinema of the ...
CONTENTS International Competition Jury Films Cinema of the ...
CONTENTS International Competition Jury Films Cinema of the ...
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Renowned actress Colleen West (Ellen Barkin) abandons her<br />
successful career for a secluded life in <strong>the</strong> hills. But <strong>the</strong> quiet and<br />
peace <strong>of</strong> mind she longed for is disrupted by <strong>the</strong> noisy<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> neighboring housing developments. Before long,<br />
Colleen discovers that she really can't stand herself now that she<br />
has given up <strong>the</strong> only thing that she has ever truly been<br />
passionate about. As an alternative to isolation, she reluctantly<br />
befriends her jubilant, whimsical neighbor (Melora Walters) and<br />
reconnects with her estranged bro<strong>the</strong>r (Bob Einstein) who drops<br />
by unannounced after hearing about her retirement. Haunted by<br />
loneliness and past desires, Colleen begins to feel as if she has<br />
lived her life through <strong>the</strong> characters she has played on stage and<br />
screen. Ultimately, she is forced to confront loss, her failures and<br />
mistakes, by reliving a recent affair with younger actor Harvey<br />
West (Luke Grimes) whom she met during her final stage<br />
performance. Reality becomes inseparable from Colleen's<br />
unhinged obsessions in a hallucinatory struggle to accept her own<br />
vulnerability and reclaim herself.<br />
Cam Archer<br />
Cam Archer lives and works in Santa Cruz, California. Shit Year is<br />
his second feature film.<br />
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