Cavedweller Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Genres: Drama
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Cavedweller is an adaptation of Dorothy_Allison's novel of the same name. Anne_Meredith, who also adapted Allison's -Bastard Out of Carolina, wrote the script, and the film was directed by Lisa_Cholodenko (Laurel_Canyon). Kyra_Sedgwick stars as Delia Byrd. As the film opens, Delia loses her wayward rock-star husband, Randall (Kevin_Bacon in a bit part), to a car accident, and decides to take her angry, heartbroken young daughter, Cissy (Regan_Arnold, who played the tormented little sister in Blue_Car), from Los Angeles back to her hometown in rural Georgia, where Delia left her two daughters and her abusive husband, Clint (Aidan_Quinn), many years ago, to join Randall on the road. "Those people are not gonna be happy to see you," warns Delia's friend, Rosemary (singer Jill_Scott in her film debut), but Delia is determined to reclaim her daughters. Cissy irrationally blames Delia for Randall's death, making the drive to Georgia an unpleasant one. Upon arriving there, Delia finds that she is not remembered fondly. Her taciturn grandfather (Myron_Natwick) reluctantly takes her and Cissy in, but Delia soon learns that Clint is dying, and that her daughters, Amanda (Vanessa_Zima) and Dede (April_Mullen), are living with Clint's fire-and-brimstone mother (Jackie_Burroughs), who has no intention of letting the girls see her. Realizing he has wronged her, Clint agrees to help Delia get custody of the girls, in exchange for her caring for him until he dies. Cavedweller was shown at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival before premiering on Showtime. Josh Ralske, Rovi
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