The Nowhere Inn

The Nowhere Inn

Identity is a work of art.

202192 min5.8 / 10

A playful, deliberately disorienting mockumentary that uses absurdist humor and formal experimentation to interrogate identity, authenticity, and the performance of self.

When St. Vincent sets out to make a documentary about her music, the goal is to both reveal and revel in the unadorned truth behind her on-stage persona. But when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.

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