"PHYLLIS AND HAROLD" is an astoundingly frank journey through a disastrous 59-year marriage. Drawing on a lifetime of her family's home movies and interviews made over 12 years, filmmaker Cindy Kleine mixes reportage, cinema verité and animation to uncover family secrets and tell a story that could not be shown publicly as long as her father was still alive. Phyllis and Harold delves into the mystery of time passing, the nature of living a life, and the challenges of losing those we love. But it is also a loving, funny exposé on the sins of suburbia."
Sounds interesting. The trailer begins with the words "For better or worse, we all have parents. These are mine". At a time when filmmakers no longer seem to care about emotions or about people, Phyllis and Harold sets out to be nothing more than the simple story of two people over the course of six decades. It's been doing the rounds of the film festivals and is set to open in Los Angeles on April 9th and in selected theatres later in the year.
Ken Burns described it as a "masterpiece". Check out the trailer to see what you think.
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