Overview
- June Squibb, 95, headlines as a grieving nonagenarian who enters a survivors’ support group and recounts her late friend’s history as her own.
- Johansson frames the film as personally resonant and says the production involved real Holocaust survivors in the group scenes, according to cast and press.
- Critics at outlets including the Associated Press, Rolling Stone and the Boston Globe commend Squibb’s performance but cite contrivances, tonal unevenness and ethical concerns.
- Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the 98-minute, PG-13 drama in U.S. theaters on Sept. 26 after premieres at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival.
- The cast features Erin Kellyman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht and Rita Zohar, and Johansson has emphasized themes of grief, empathy and forgiveness in interviews.