Alexandria Oddball Cinema

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info!

Cate Blanchett plays an architect who abandoned architecture long ago.  She left the profession suddenly despite being highly respected and receiving many awards and accolades.  Twenty years later, she lives in Seattle with her husband and daughter in an enormous but dilapidated house that she spends much of her time rehabilitating.  She describes the city as having “no architecture at all” and herself as a “public menace.”  While the former assessment is questionable, the latter is an understatement as her antisocial behavior both embarrasses her family and alienates her neighbors.  What went wrong?  The answer, as well as the key to her return to a productive life, involves a long, winding, and unexpected Oddball journey, both mental and geographic.

■ Title — Where’d You Go, Bernadette
■ Director — Richard Linklater
■ Cast — Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson
■ ©2019 ■ Rated PG-13 ■ 1h 49m ■ Comedy Crime Drama
■ Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
■ Licensed for showing in Alexandria libraries by MPLC

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