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Grandma

Year 2015
Runtime 80 mins

From writer/director Paul Weitz (ABOUT A BOY), this funny and poignant mother-granddaughter story stars Lily Tomlin (in a career-defining performance) as Elle, a recently widowed - and somewhat cynical - academic.

When Elle’s teenage granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER) comes to her for help, the two set out on a day-long road trip that forces them to face Elle’s past and Sage’s future head-on.

Anchored by Tomlin’s tour-de-force performance, GRANDMA is the type of character study we rarely see in modern mainstream American cinema: the story of two women, from different generations, finding common ground and having each other’s backs.

With a brilliant supporting cast that includes Laverne Cox (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), Judy Greer (JURASSIC WORLD, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) and Marcia Gay Harden (50 SHADES OF GREY, THE NEWSROOM) – GRANDMA is an honest look at female relationships of all kinds.

Countries

United States
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2015, Tribeca Film Festival 2015
Director
Paul Weitz
Executive Producer
Stephanie Meurer, Dan Balgoyen, Renfrew
Producer
Paul Weitz, Andrew Miano, Terry Dougas, Paris Kasidokostas Latsis
Screenwriter
Paul Weitz
Cinematographer
Tobias Datum
Editor
Jonathan Corn
Production Design
Cindy Chao, Michele Yu
Music
Joel P. West
Cast
Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott