Ellen Page’s “Tallulah” greeted by cheers at Sundance premiereJanuary 25, 2016 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cheers and grateful applause greeted the Sundance premiere of “Tallulah”, a powerful drama about motherhood starring Ellen Page as a vagabond woman-child named Lu who must grow up overnight when she kidnaps a baby, TheWrap said. In the movie, written and directed by Sian Heder, Allison Janney plays the mother of Lu’s boyfriend to whom she turns in distress. Together, they care for the toddler while a New York City-wide search is underway. Heder’s screenplay doesn’t judge her damaged characters but lets them stumble forward in all their complicated messiness. That especially applies to the mother of the stolen — or possibly rescued — baby, an alcoholic trophy wife whose regrets over bad mothering come too late. Tammy Blanchard plays the role of the derelict mother with pathos and desperation, one of the movie’s revelations. “What I wanted was to love the character first, have mercy for her,” Blanchard told the crowd at the Eccles Theater in Park City during a Q&A just after the screening. “No matter how bad someone looks, have mercy for them, you don’t know what they’re going through.” Heder told the crowd that the baby-napping plot was based on an encounter she had with a similar mother while working at a luxury hotel in Los Angeles. “I wanted to take the kids but I didn’t,” she said. Page and Janney — who previously worked together in “Juno” — are powerful throughout the film as their relationship evolves. “Tallulah” is in competition, and has been bought by Netflix for digital distribution. The streaming service already has a relationship with Heder, who has written and produced episodes of its hit series “Orange Is the New Black.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |