In his latest, “ Monica,” Pallaoro takes on the near-universal craving for parent-child connection, knowing full well that his two lead characters — a Midwestern trans woman and the uncomprehending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The feature exploring universal themes of abandonment, aging, rejection, acceptance and forgiveness is the second in a women’s ...

Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson burn up the screen with immeasurable talent in this stunning—and extremely pertinent—story of trans healing. Entertainment Critic The idea of control is draped ...

Monica (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Andrea Pallaoro, written by Orlando Tirado and Andrea Pallaoro and starring Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, Adriana Barraza, Joshua ...

Set in the U.S., Monica stars Lysette as the titular character, a trans woman who is summoned home to help care for her dying mother, Eugenia (Patricia Clarkson). The casting gives a strong clue to ...

Lysette plays a trans woman who returns home to care for her dying mother (Patricia Clarkson) in this Venice competition entry. By Jon Frosch Senior Editor, Reviews Monica, by comparison, feels like a ...

Italian director Andrea Pallaoro is back on the Lido with English-language drama “Monica,” starring transgender actor Trace Lysette (“Transparent”) as a woman who returns home to the Midwest to care ...

10/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: With the help of thesps Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson, the Italian director delves deep into the theme of forgiveness Andrea Pallaoro: I always wanted to do that, from ...

Patricia Clarkson and Trace Lysette play an estranged mother and daughter who manage to avoid saying the obvious in this understated amends-making drama. More than a decade has passed since Monica ...

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Close (Fargo, Solace) has joined the cast of Andrea Pallaoro’s Monica. He’ll appear in the dramatic feature alongside previously announced cast members Trace Lysette (Hustlers), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the course of three quietly devastating features, Italian-born, America-based art-house director Andrea Pallaoro (“Medeas,” ...

More than a decade has passed since Monica (Trace Lysette) last saw her mother, Eugenia (Patricia Clarkson). Meanwhile, one could argue that her mother never saw her — not really. Pallaoro presumably ...