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DIANE

• Director: Kent Jones
• USA / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 96’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Kent Jones
• Director of Photography: Wyatt Garfield
• Editing: Mike Selemon
• Music: Jeremiah Bornfield
• Cast: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Deirdre O'Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Phyllis Somerville, Glynnis O'Connor, Andrea Martin
• Producer: Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman
• Production Co.: AgX
• World Sales: Visit Films

- 2018 LOCARNO -- Ecumenical Jury-Special Mention
- 2018 TRIBECA -- Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Narrative Feature
- 2019 PALM SPRINGS -- Directors to Watch

In his first narrative feature-length co-executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the director of the magnificent Hitchcock/Truffaut Kent Jones makes a nuanced character study as he examines the dynamics of growing old in the 21st century. Retired widow Diane, who spends her time dealing with her petulant, heroin-addicted son and visiting her cousin who is slowly dying at a hospital, can’t help but question whether if she contributed to the suffering of the people she is taking care of. As her friends and loved ones start leaving this world one by one, it becomes inevitable for Diane to face her own mortality. Mary Kay Place gives a master class in acting as Diane, a character based on Jones’ own mother.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.