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A bittersweet character study of a middle-aged actress navigating unfulfilled expectations, professional ambition, and the gap between promise and reality within the intimate world of theater.
Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.
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