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Queen at Sea

2 hr. 1 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

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When Amanda finds her stepfather Martin having sex with her mother, Leslie, she is convinced that Leslie’s dementia has left her unable to consent. But who, in such circumstances, has the right to make decisions on a woman’s behalf? And who should be entrusted with the care of someone with dementia - their child, their partner or an institution? The involvement of social services ignites a moral conflict between Amanda, played with quiet intensity by Juliette Binoche, and Martin, as the line between care and control becomes increasingly difficult to draw. A painful, nuanced and clear-eyed drama about intimacy and ageing, Queen at Sea won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the Berlinale.
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Lance Hammer

Lance Hammer

Lance Hammer studied architecture at the University of Southern California. His feature debut, Ballast, premiered in competition at Sundance, where it won the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award, before screening in Competition at the 2008 Berlinale. The film went on to receive numerous Best Film and Best Director awards, as well as four FIPRESCI prizes. Queen at Sea is his second feature. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Languages
English, French
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Queen at Sea
Produced
2026: United Kingdom, United States

Film information

Director
Lance Hammer
Producers
Tristan Goligher, Lance Hammer
Cinematography
Adolpho Veloso
Cast
Mohammad Amiri, Lolabelle Backus, Noah Hunt Basden, Juliette Binoche, Anna Calder-Marshall
More information
www.imdb.com

Upcoming screenings

Sunday, 8 November

18:00

Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1

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