At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...

From the director of the excellent 'Old Joy' comes this film about the hassles of trying to survive if you're out of ackers. Wendy, a semi-rootless drifter, along with sole companion Lucy, her dog (but no string attached), is driving her old banger across country to Alaska in the hope of finding work. When the beat-up old car bites the dust in a small Oregon town she encounters one obstacle after another. The threat of both poverty and loneliness are present throughout in this well observed, tho find out more...