How would you behave if you had to confront your own mortality? Especially if you were young, in your twenties or early thirties, how would you react if you learned you had less than two months to live? These questions create the point of departure for Amy Redford’s whimsical fairy tale The Guitar, a thoroughly engaging, almost-mythological allegory that is fueled by the exceptional performance of Saffron Burrows and executed with style by its director.

One morning Mel, a mousy, harried New Yorker with a thankless job and an even-less-appealing boyfriend learns that the tumor in her throat is cancerous; the diagnosis is terminal, so it seems that both her job and her relationship are kaput. Rather than lying down and dying then and there, she embarks on an endless spree, the kind of self-indulgent wish fulfillment that we have all fantasized about.

Written by Amos Poe, and based on a real story, this beautifully realized parable speaks volumes about living. Overflowing with an energy and vitality that belie the initial darkness of its narrative, The Guitar is a transcendent respite from the turmoil of our troubled times. It is sure to capture both your imagination and your heart.

Amy Redford - Amy Redford makes her feature-film directorial debut with The Guitar. As an actress, she recently accrued accolades in Daisy Foote's play Bhutan at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. She has also appeared in numerous films, including First Person Singular, When I Find the Ocean, This Revolution, Maid in Manhattan, The Music Inside, and Sunshine Cleaning, which is screening at this year's Sundance Film Festival. On the stage, she has performed in The Golden Ladder, Touch My Face, Hello and Goodbye, and The Shape of Things. Her television credits include The Sopranos, Sex and the City, and Law & Order.

Screenings:

Fri. January 18, 3:15pm, Eccles Theatre, Park City
Sat. January 19, Midnight, Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Mon. January 21, 6:30pm, Peery's Egyptian Theater, Ogden
Wed. January 23, 9:00pm, Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Sat. January 26, 9:30pm, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC

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