The read
It runs a compact 47m.
Synopsis
Bernhard, an actress-comedienne whose brassy humor attracts a cult-like following, here offers a semiconfessional view of her life's landscape. Childhood memories of her father, a doctor, and her mother, an artist, are warmly rendered in scenes of the Jewish family amiably accommodating itself to the Christmas season, and of the obligatory communal vacations joined by colorful relatives. The abrupt transition to a flamboyant denizen of "downtowns," Los Angeles or New York, to an existence as a character in the lives of marginal people, is evoked in sharply satirical terms, in a melange of humorous fact and fiction, monologues akin to those that make Bernhard an icon of pop culture.
Ratings
IMDb4.1/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Kristiene ClarkeWriter
- Kristiene ClarkeDirector
Cast
- Sandra BernhardSelf
- Paul MooneySelf
- Camille PagliaSelf
- Martin ScorseseSelf
- John BoskovichSelf
Themes
performance artlgbt