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7.3/10   89 votes
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Director:
Laura Gabbert
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Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Lucille and Irja are retired residents of Sunset Hall, a Los Angeles home for the elderly. Residents... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Unmissable Documentary more

Cast

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Lucille Alpert ... Herself
Irja Lloyd ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
73 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Unmissable Documentary, 27 June 2003
10/10
Author: Mark W. Pinkosh from Los Angeles CA

This unmissable documentary follows the lives of two elderly leftist women in the run down once-kinder section of Los Angeles, south of Wilshire near the heart of the old Downtown.

Founded in 1923, Sunset Hall is a retirement/care home for elderly "free-thinking" people (i.e. old Communists, labor organizers and "lefties") but the setting is simply the prism thru which we follow two amazing ladies, Irja and Lucille. To tell more would be to deprive the viewer of an amazing and touching journey , but this is a heartfelt, clever, hard-edged yet tender piece of film making. Laura Gabbert directs with an unusually disciplined and unsentimental approach. The slow and careful revealing of the relationship between these two women is perfectly balanced and beautifully executed. Shot on video, the technique is such that I was immediately and completely engaged with the people and in their surroundings. I laughed out loud several times and sat weeping as well. A truly exceptional 75 minutes.

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