Tonight on TV on Rai 5 (channel 23), airs American Woman (2018), a film that marked a turning point for Sienna Miller. It’s not a thriller. It is no coincidence to be solved. It is the heartbreaking story of a woman who loses everything and chooses not to get lost.
The film, directed by Jake Scott and written by Brad Ingelsbyis set in the Pennsylvania Rural Between the late 90s and early 2000. The context is familiar, but the story is universal. The protagonist is Deb Callahana single mother who at 33 years old finds herself growing her granddaughter alone. The daughter, Bridget (played by Sky Ferreira), comes out one evening and never comes back. From that moment, Deb’s life stops. Or rather, change direction. There are no investigations to follow. There is only one void to live.
Next to Miller, in the cast there are Christina Hendricks, AARON Paul, Jacki Weaver, Will Sasso e Alex Neustaedter. Everyone brings a piece of the world on stage, made of relationships, fractures and bonds that resist.
American Woman was presented to Toronto International Film Festival In 2018. He received enthusiastic reviews, especially for the performance of the leading actress. Sienna Miller undresses with every artifice. It is raw, authentic, disarming. His Deb does not seek pity. Just try to go on, one day at a time. Originally, the role had to go to Anne Hathawaywhich renounced for other commitments. A change that gave Miller the opportunity to shine in one of the most intense roles of his career.
Tonight on TV a film that speaks slowly, but it arrives very strong
American Woman It is not made of twists. It is made of days that pass. Of silences. Of empty dinners and memories that never give up the grip. Deb lives in a modest house. He works, loves, falls and gets up. No mother scene, only real life. This is why the film affects a lot. Family relationships are at the center: the relationship with the sister Katherine (Hendricks) and the mother Peggy (Weaver) is complex, at times rough. But never without love. During the eleven years in which the daughter remains disappeared, Deb grows. He breaks and recomposes himself. He never stops looking for, even when he seems to have stopped hoping.
The film is also a reflection on non -idealized motherhood. Deb had his daughter at the age of 16. He has no ready answers. It is not perfect. But he loves without condition. Some scenes were shot in Massachusettsdespite the story is set in Pennsylvania. A detail for the most attentive: the supermarket “Tricchi’s“, Visible in one scene, exists only in New England.
The success of American Woman He did not arrive with the prizes. He arrived later. Gradually. Through word of mouth and the new narratives that inspired. Many independent directors have mentioned this film as a reference for the construction of deep and realistic female characters. The American cinema of the years 2010 has been influenced by it. If you love movies that don’t forget you, that they don’t need to explain everything, Tonight on TV on Rai 5 You have an appointment with a true story. Even if it is not taken from real facts.
Because the truth of American Woman It is not in the documents, but in the skin. In the broken voice of a mother who never stops being a mother. Only today, at 9.15 pm on Rai 5, a vision that touches and remains.
