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Twelve Thirty Dir: Jeff Lipsky
Filmmaker Jeff Lipsky, who is clearly influenced by European observational cinema, returns with his most accomplished film yet.
Working with an extraordinary ensemble of actors, he takes on the nuances of family life, and the unique complexities of the relationship between mothers and daughters. Vivien (Karen Young) is the strong-willed mother, caught between a fierce independence and an attachment to home; seductive and confident Mel (Portia Reiners) is a 19-year-old mirror of her mother; Maura (Mamie Gummer), is the one who long to leave the nest, yet is unable to find her place in the world. They live together in a seemingly close household, but each is very much alone.
The family’s fragile sense of harmony explodes when a handsome, confident young man (Jonathan Groff) walks into their comfortable yet dysfunctional world. This is a powerful, emotionally enriching film about family ties and the painful coming-of-age that comes to young and old alike when their innermost feelings come to the surface.
Jeff Lipsky
Jeff Lipsky (b. 1954) began his career under John Cassavetes in Cassavetes’ distribution company, Faces International Films. He went on to work for some of the most prominent distributors of independent film in the U.S., overseeing the American release of works by such filmmakers as Louis Malle, R. W. Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard and Mike Leigh. In 1990 Lipsky founded his own company, October Films, then, in 1996, made the leap to directing with “Childhood’s End”, which showed at the Montreal World Film Festival. TWELVE THIRTY is his fourth full-length feature.
Filmography
Childhood’s End (1997), Flannel Pajamas (2006), Once More with Feeling (2009), Twelve Thirty (2010)
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Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 2h 0' Language: English
Producer: Daniel Satorius
Script: Jeff Lipsky
DoP: Ruben O'Malley Cast: Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Karen Young
Production: Twelve Thirty Productions Awards and festivals: Montreal
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