My Private Life
Jill Daniels
Synopsis
Jill Daniels’ autobiographical film explores the secrets of her emotionally repressed Jewish parents Barbara and Bertie, who were married in the mid 1940s when homosexuality was illegal and divorce in the eyes of observant Jews, a sin. During the course of their long lives Barbara and Bertie moved from house to house, country to country, through divorce, remarriage and physical violence. Moving from house to house, country to country, through divorce, remarriage and physical violence ─ rich one day and broke the next ─ Barbara and Bertie spend their last days together in a small flat in suburban London. Daniels films her parents in their small flat while dramatically charged re-enactments hint at a hidden narrative of physical violence and sexual ambivalence. Daniels fails to confront her parents’ about their secrets and it is only through the privacy of the filmmaker's voice that she can dispute the authenticity of their recounted memories. http://jilldanielsfilms.com
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 63 mins
- Format
- DV CAM
- Director
- Jill Daniels
- Producer
- Jill Daniels
- Editor
- Piotr Karter
- Screenwriter
- Jill Daniels
- Director of Photography
- Jill Daniels
- Production Designer
- Jill Daniels
- Sound
- Alan Gibson
- Music
- Alan Gibson
- Principal Cast
- Barbara Daniels; Bertie Daniels; Jill Daniels
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 9th February 2016
