Overview
- Petra Biondina Volpe’s English-language drama debuted in Sundance’s Premieres section, centering on an incarcerated caregiver assigned to a fellow inmate with dementia.
- Critics split on execution, with Deadline hailing the film as one of the festival’s best while The Film Stage argues it sidesteps deeper systemic critique.
- Variety praises the restrained approach and the lead turns from Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, noting a focus on intimacy over melodrama.
- The story is modeled on real programs where trained prisoners care for aging and cognitively impaired inmates, echoing California’s Gold Coats initiative.
- Sales are handled by TrustNordisk, with credits including co-writer Esther Bernstorff and a cast featuring René Pérez Joglar, Rosalind Eleazar, and Indira Varma; the running time is 1 hour 35 minutes.