A look at how our cultural obsession with youthful good looks affects women who are told their value is dependent on their appearance.
Acting
Brooke Adams and real-life sister Lynne Adams raw sibling chemistry.
Direction
Shalhoub's only directorial feature—awkward, sincere, deeply personal.
Director
Tony Shalhoub
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brooke Adams is Tony Shalhoub's wife; this was essentially a family reunion with a camera. The entire cast is their actual relatives and friends.
Shot on digital video in 2001, it predicted the coming YouTube confessional era—women filming their own faces, performing vulnerability for invisible audiences.
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