Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef also star in a genre-defying film that starts as absurdist comedy but evolves into an unconventional reflection on female freedom.
, an audaciously extravagant adaptation of revered Scottish writer Alasdair Gray’s novel, spun out by the Greek director and his screenwriter, Tony McNamara, into a picaresque feminist. Stuffed with rude delights, spry wit, radical fantasy and breathtaking design elements, the movie is a feast. And
gorges on it in a fearless performance that traces an expansive arc most actors could only dream about.
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