LOVING HIGHSMITH
*PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE*
SAT OCT 22| 12:00 PM | THE SIFF EGYPTIAN
IN-PERSON ONLY
LOVING HIGHSMITH
Eva Vitija; 2022; SWITZERLAND/GERMANY; 83 min
"Writing, of course, is a substitute for the life I cannot live, am unable to live." - Patricia Highsmith Venture into the brooding, private world of author Patricia Highsmith ("Strangers on a Train", "The Price of Salt/Carol", and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" series) with filmmaker Eva Vitija as she explores how Highsmith's art and life were intimately connected. LOVING HIGHSMITH interweaves excerpts from the author’s private diaries, novels, and films along with first person interviews of family and ex-lovers (including author Marijane Meaker/”Ann Aldrich”) to piece together a portrait of a woman driven by creativity,who ultimately lived a tumultuous, conflicted life.
LOSING ROSE
Lindy Boustedt; 2022; USA; 7 min.
In 2020, Marie loses her beloved grandmother and must travel through the emptiness of the pandemic and canyons of grief to properly say goodbye.
Losing Rose is online (before the feature Nelly & Nadine)
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