UW Cinematheque - Cinema Greats X 2
PALINDROMES | USA | 2005 | DCP | 100 min. Director: Todd Solondz
Event Details
Date
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly-Guirgis, Jennifer Jason Leigh. 12-year-old Aviva, desperate to have a baby, runs away from home, setting off on a surreal and troubling journey through middle America. In Palindromes, writer-director Solondz’ bold move is to have Aviva played by eight different actors of varying age, race, and gender. The result is a provocative, darkly comic, and unsettling film that skewers the hypocrisies of American family values, faith, and moral absolutism, post-9/11.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
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