| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee |
| Tuesday, December 29 at 5:00pm |
 
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Director: Rebecca Miller
Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, Julianne Moore, Alan Arkin, Maria Bello, Monica Bellucci
Based on Rebecca Miller's novel of the same title, the story centers on Pippa Lee is a 50-year-old wife (Robin Wright Penn) and mother whose husband has an affair (mirroring Pippa's own adventures with a married man when she was a young woman). She also has to reconcile her own past with her pill-addicted mother. Pippa Lee seems to have everything in life. But suddenly finds her world beginning to unravel. Amid the buzzing lawnmowers and suburban coffee mornings, she starts to wonder how she came to be in this place. The answer is a story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage. It brilliantly reveals the challenges of modern life—and all the possibilities that it holds. (R/93 min.)
Print Courtesy of Screen Media Films.
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Miller's film is a triumph. Uniformly well acted, it boasts a psychologically knowing script, clearly written by a smart, assertive human being rather than a software program. As for the luminous Wright Penn, awards season beckons."— David Gritten, London Daily Telegraph

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