ACTRESS

By Robert GREENE

SUB-TI LTD - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2014

Using elements of melodrama and cinema verité, ACTRESS is both a present tense portrait of a dying relationship and an exploration of a complicated woman, performing the role of herself, in a complex-yet-familiar story. It’s a film about starring in the movie of your life.

Festivals
& Awards

HotDocs 2014
IDFA 2014
cph:dox 2014
True/False 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Robert GREENE
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/8E6E-D0E9-BC64-2F5F-4653-B
    • Producer(s)
    • Susan BEDUSA (4th Row Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire when she gave up her career to start a family. When she decides to reclaim her life as an actor, the domestic world she’s carefully created crumbles around her.

      Using elements of melodrama and cinema verité, ACTRESS is both a present tense portrait of a dying relationship and an exploration of a complicated woman, performing the role of herself, in a complex-yet-familiar story.