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Limited Releases Rule In Eclectic Indie Weekend From Focus, Bleecker Street, Mubi, More – Specialty Preview
'The Encampments', 'The Ballad Of Wallis Island', 'The Friend', 'The Penguin Lesson', 'Holy Cow' and more mark a surge in new indie films opening this weekend.
Based on the eponymous 2018 bestselling and National Book Award-winning novel by Sigrid Nunez, the Telluride-premiering film follows writer and teacher Iris (Watts) as she finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. A sun-drenched coming-of-age story cast with non-professionals from Jura (Courvoisier’s home), the film follows Totone’s determination to win a local Comté cheesemaking competition (cash prize: €30,000), while he romantically pursues a competing farmer — whose bullying brothers are none-too-pleased — and clumsily steps up to adult responsibilities. Opens at the IFC Center in New York, Tiff Bell Lightbox Toronto, adding theaters next week including AFI Silver Theatre DC Area, the Gene Siskel in Chicago, Laemmle Glendale, Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver and Film Scene Iowa City.
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