The love story that redefined what acting could be — no script required.
An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real.
Acting
Rowlands' unguarded presence even in interview footage
Editing
Seamless weaving of life footage and film scenes
Production
Rare archival access to the Cassavetes-Rowlands home
Director
Sabine Carbon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rowlands kept her Oscars in the bathroom. When asked why, she reportedly said guests should have something interesting to look at.
The Cassavetes-Rowlands partnership essentially invented American independent cinema as we know it — without them, no Sundance, no A24, no 'authentic' acting.
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