Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
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An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-06-05
Runtime: 53 mins
Director: Sabine Carbon
Writer: Sabine Carbon
Spoken language: English, Deutsch
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Production Companies: Medea Film Factory
Production Countries: Germany
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