Madeline's Madeline

A disorienting, emotionally raw experience where inner and outer realities blur, pulling you into a teenager's volatile mind.

Directed by

Josephine Decker

Genres

Drama

Starring

Helena Howard, Molly Parker, Miranda July

Overview

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, earnest and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, madness, art, family

Content

Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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