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Portrait of Kaye 56 Mins, UK/Finland, 2021 NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON SYNOPSIS Restricted by her lifelong agoraphobia, Kaye has spent most of her life within the four walls of her parents’ house. Finding relief from her fears in the faces and lives of old film stars, she pastes their images alongside those of her deceased family on the walls of her house, creating a kaleidoscopic collage that mixes personal history with Hollywood fantasy. Told first-hand via freewheeling monologues, Portrait of Kaye is a bittersweet portrait of a woman forming her own unique identity while navigating the conflicting influences of her mother’s bawdy humour and her father’s anxieties. Now 74 and recently widowed, her infatuation with a younger neighbour gives her an opportunity to explore personal and sexual freedoms that have always been hidden away. CREDITS Directed, Produced, Edited & Photographed by Ben Reed FESTIVALS 2021 2022 AWARDS 2022 2021 PRESS Sight And Sound June 2023 INDUSTRY SCREENER International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam TRAILER |
