Director
Susan Seidelman
Year
2001
Run Time
93
min
Country
Spain
Language
English
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Barcelona hasn’t turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra thought it would be. She’s about to return to America when the mysterious Frankie offers her a large sum of money to track down Frankie’s missing lover.
This film is presented in English with English subtitles.
Director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan) describes her film as a “gender bending detective story about alternative families.” Shot in Barcelona with a star-studded cast that includes Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor, and Juliette Lewis, this flamboyant comedy tells the story of Cassandra, an American translator living in Barcelona. Cassandra is struggling with the translation of a novel and in need of cash when femme fatale Frankie Stevens persuades her to play private eye. As Cassandra attempts to find Frankie’s missing husband, she quickly discovers that looks can be deceiving. In English.
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