2007
When Pearl learns of an upcoming local audition for a traveling dance troupe, she sees it as her final ticket to escape the farm. Pearl 2022 vose.mp4
: Her mother’s disapproval and constant torment eventually push Pearl over the edge. During a violent argument, Pearl's mother is accidentally set on fire and then left to die in the cellar. Pearl later kills her father and a projectionist she had befriended. When Pearl learns of an upcoming local audition
Realizing she cannot escape her life, Pearl decides to "make the best of what she has" by cleaning the house and propping up her dead parents' bodies at the dinner table. Pearl later kills her father and a projectionist
Pearl lives on an isolated homestead with her strict German immigrant parents. Her husband, Howard, is away fighting in World War I, leaving her to care for her paralyzed, infirm father and endure the bitter, overbearing watch of her mother, Ruth.
Credits
Writer and Director Lola Arias
With Inés Efron, Gonzalo Martínez
Sound Design Ulises Conti
Set Design Leandro Tartaglia
Lighting Matías Sendón
Assistant Directors Eugenia Schor, Alfredo Staffolani
When Pearl learns of an upcoming local audition for a traveling dance troupe, she sees it as her final ticket to escape the farm.
: Her mother’s disapproval and constant torment eventually push Pearl over the edge. During a violent argument, Pearl's mother is accidentally set on fire and then left to die in the cellar. Pearl later kills her father and a projectionist she had befriended.
Realizing she cannot escape her life, Pearl decides to "make the best of what she has" by cleaning the house and propping up her dead parents' bodies at the dinner table.
Pearl lives on an isolated homestead with her strict German immigrant parents. Her husband, Howard, is away fighting in World War I, leaving her to care for her paralyzed, infirm father and endure the bitter, overbearing watch of her mother, Ruth.
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