Blue Car

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 96 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Karen Moncrieff

WRITTEN BY:

Karen Moncrieff

CAST INCLUDES:

David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher, A.J. Buckley

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Visually stunning, heartfelt, and gut-wrenching, Karen Moncrieff’s (THE DEAD GIRL) debut as writer and director will leave the heart yearning for more. Starring Agnes Bruckner (MURDER BY NUMBERS) as Meg, a troubled 18-year-old who discovers a passion for poetry, who forms a mentor relationship with her English teacher, Mr. Auster, played by David Strathairn (LINCOLN), which soon becomes more fraught and complicated than they once thought. USA Today raves, "[BLUE CAR] Has the feel of a novel in which the characters linger in one's memory well after the book has been read."

SYNOPSIS

Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her English teacher, Mr. Auster. But what started out as a mentoring relationship begins to get a bit more complex.

Blue Car

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 96 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Karen Moncrieff

WRITTEN BY

Karen Moncrieff

CAST INCLUDES

David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher, A.J. Buckley

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"It's rare that a movie makes a viewer experience the psychodynamics of an encounter so profoundly -- usually theater is a better medium for that -- but Moncrieff has exceptional skills."

Philadelphia Inquirer

"Has the feel of a novel in which the characters linger in one's memory well after the book has been read."

USA Today

"Strathairn works miracles by finding the humanity in a deeply flawed man. And Bruckner is an amazement, piercing the heart without begging for sympathy."

Rolling Stone