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Madeline's Madeline (2018)

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.
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Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

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Genre:Drama
Directed By:Josephine Decker
Written By:Josephine Decker, Donna di Novelli
In Theaters:8/10/2018
Box Office:$185,576
Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Bow + Arrow Entertainment, Forager Film, Parris Pictures

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Director

Josephine Decker

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Helena Howard

Madeline

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Molly Parker

Evangeline

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Miranda July

Regina

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Okwui Okpokwasili

Nurse, KK

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Sunita Mani

Assistant Max

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Eva Steinmetz

Claire, Woman in Pig Mask

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Felipe Bonilla

Santos, Cousin Elmer

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Lolo Haha

Aart

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Jorge Torres-Torres

Alejandro, Craps

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Lisa B. Tharps

Laura

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Dana Eskelson

Lamo

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