Wendy and Lucy

Wendy Carroll is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions. In stark, luminous terms, Wendy and Lucy addresses issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American life, revealing the limits and depths of people’s duty to each other in tough times.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, based on the short story

Cinematography: Sam Levy

Editing: Kelly Reichardt

Sound: Eric Offin

Actors: Michelle Williams (Wendy), Will Oldham (Icky), Walter Dalton, (security guard), Larry Fessenden (man in park),Will Patton (mechanic), John Robinson (Andy)

Production: Filmscience & Glass Eye Pix & Field Guide Films

Producers: Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani

Production Design: Ryan Smith

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2008

Duration: 80

Contact: Memento Films International, FranceT. +33 1 5334 9029 F. +33 1 4247 1124sales@memento.comwww.memento-films.com

Kelly Reichardt

She is a New York-based filmmaker and educator whose work has been shown in numerous festivals in the United States and Europe. Her film Old Joy was the first American film to win the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and was theatrically released nationwide, as well as in the Thessaloniki IFF’s “Independence Days” Section in 2006. Wendy and Lucy was screened at the Cannes Festival’s “Un Certain Regard” Section 2008.