Directed by Chicago based filmmaker Stephen Cone (Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party), Princess Cyd is at once genuine and inauthentic. As previously seen in his evergrowing portfolio of indie character studies, Cone presents humans with a deep aura of grace. Truthfully, there is no better word to use; working from the mismatched familial duo concept, it should be a given that the sophisticated and semi-famous novelist Aunt Miranda (played by Rebecca Spence with elegant wisdom and humbleness) and her visiting 16-year old college hopeful niece Cydney (Jessie Pinnick in a revelatory showing) more interested in promiscuously discovering her sexuality and soul-searching who she is, would argumentatively butt heads. Except that never happens, bucking genre conventions to explore how opposing personalities and generational gaps can bring about respectful admiration and togetherness.
FULL REVIEW COMING CLOSER TO RELEASE
Princess Cyd plays at the Chicago International Film Festival on:
SCREENING:
Tue, Oct 17, 2017 6:00 PM
SCHEDULED TO ATTEND:
Director Stephen Cone, Producers Grace Hahn and Madison Ginsberg
SCREENING:
Sat, Oct 21, 2017 2:45 PM
SCHEDULED TO ATTEND:
Director Stephen Cone, Producers Grace Hahn and Madison Ginsberg
SCREENING:
Wed, Oct 25, 2017 3:00 PM
SCHEDULED TO ATTEND:
Director Stephen Cone, Producers Grace Hahn and Madison Ginsberg
Tickets can be purchased online or on site.
Eager to escape life with her depressive single father, 16-year-old athlete Cyd Loughlin visits her novelist aunt in Chicago over the summer. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
Princess Cyd opens in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center on November 3rd for a one week run and played at the London Film Festival on October 10th. No further UK release information is available.
SC says
Thank you for this lovely write-up. I’m wondering, is “inauthentic” a typo? Maybe it isn’t, and you’re planning to delve further into this contradiction in the full review, but just in case it is perhaps it could be corrected. Thank you again!
Robert Kojder says
No, the movie has elements that feel genuine and others that feel inauthentic. It is explored deeper in the full review. Thank you for reading!