The aspirations of a young drifter from Indiana (Williams) are thwarted when her car grinds to a halt in small-town Oregon and she loses her beloved dog Lucy (Reichardt’s own dog).
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.
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Michelle Williams is stunning as a young drifter who loses her beloved dog while on the road.
- 2008 USA
- Directed by
- Kelly Reichardt
- Produced by
- Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Larry Fessenden
- Written by
- Jon Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
- Featuring
- Michelle Williams, Wally Dalton, Larry Fessenden
- Running time
- 80 minutes