Directed by Cate Shortland
Before her blockbuster turn as the director of the 2021 superhero film "Black Widow," filmmaker Cate Shortland made her mark on independent cinema as an unapologetic teller of women's stories on screen. This collection pairs two of Shortland's best-loved works: her 2012 historical drama "Lore", and a new restoration of her 2004 debut "Somersault".
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Somersault
Directed by Cate Shortland | 106 mins | 2004
Shortland’s visually arresting debut feature, a standout at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival recently restored in 4K, follows 16-year-old Heidi (Abbie Cornish), in flight from a catastrophic fall out with her mother, as she posts up in the frigid Australi... -
Lore
Leaving August 1
Directed by Cate Shortland | 109 mins | 2012
Cate Shortland followed her moody and startling feature debut, "Somersault" (2004), with another bruising story of a teen girl expelled from home—in this case, by history in the making. Abandoned by her high-level Nazi parents in the ...
