Overview
- The A24 release opened in U.S. theaters on Oct. 10 after premiering at Sundance and earning Byrne the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in Berlin.
- Byrne, 46, describes the recognition as flattering and emotional, crediting the role with stretching her comedic and dramatic range.
- Writer-director Mary Bronstein drew on a family crisis to craft a darkly comic, Lynchian portrait of caregiving, isolation and therapist burnout.
- The story follows Linda, a therapist and mother navigating a child's mysterious illness and a deteriorating dynamic with her own therapist.
- The cast includes Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald and A$AP Rocky, with Christian Slater heard as the husband, in an ensemble that underscores the film’s unconventional tone.