Wendy and Lucy

Kelly Reichardt’s third feature, a deceptively simple tale of a lost dog, is a fascinating study of loneliness and loss.

  • Director

    Kelly Reichardt

  • With

    Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, Will Patton

  • USA 2008. 80min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

The aspirations of Williams’ young drifter from Indiana are thwarted when her car grinds to a halt in small-town Oregon and she loses her beloved dog Lucy. This nuanced and profoundly moving study of breakdown and loss also riffs on the road-movie genre and finely observes the economic fallout of corporate America. Michelle Williams is luminous in the first of her collaborations with Reichardt, whose own dog features in the film.

The screening of Wendy and Lucy on Wednesday 4 March will be introduced by writer and editor Laura Staab.