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LIVING WITH A VISIONARY

Year 2026
Runtime 15 mins
Language English
Canadian Premiere

This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: COAT OF MANY COLOURS


Narrated by Academy Award® nominee James Cromwell (BABE, L.A CONFIDENTIAL), and based on John Matthias’ memoir, LIVING WITH A VISIONARY is a soulful, bittersweet reflection on John’s fifty-year marriage to Diana, an art curator grappling with Parkinson’s. As Diana’s medication besets her with vivid, often beautiful hallucinations, John, now her caregiver, adapts to her imaginary world.

Countries

United States
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival
Director
Stephen P. Neary
Executive Producer
James Belfer, Adam Belfer
Producer
Stephen P. Neary, Mireia Vilanova
Screenwriter
Stephen P. Neary
Music
Simon Panrucker
Cast
James Cromwell, Katherine LaVictoire