Wildcat

A hawke family project; ethan hawke, directing his daughter, who has the lead role as author flannery o'connor. Her mother is played by the amazing laura linney. In the film, flannery seems to be a bystander in her own stories; frequently about the south, or religious folk, there is often a theme of races, religion, or the different classes of wealth. Sometimes violence or odd behavior, in the name of one's faith. Much discussion of letting the doctor examine her, and about thirty five minutes in, we learn of her lupus. There's also a constant humming, or odd themed music in the background, adding to the mysterious, dramatic themes. There's a pretty thorough entry for o'connor in wikipedia dot org. The film gets pretty intense, as were her own stories. A couple times, the other people in a scene will freeze for a moment, and I found this distracting and confusing. It's mostly good. Shining a light on a writer most of us were not familiar with.