Maya Dardel

    Maya Dardel
    2017

    Synopsis

    An internationally respected poet announces she is going to kill herself and needs an heir and executor. Young writers drive up the mountain to compete for the position and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, and erotically.

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    Cast

    • Lena OlinMaya
    • Nathan KeyesAnsel
    • Alexander KochPaul
    • Chris VossMoses
    • Jordan GavarisKevin
    • Rosanna ArquetteLeonora
    • Ryan MassonApplicant #5

    Recommendations

    • 83

      IndieWire

      Olin, at turns daringly open and frustratingly restrained, makes Maya entirely her own, the focal point and reason for the film itself.
    • 75

      RogerEbert.com

      Where Maya Dardel really works is when it sticks to being a character study.
    • 75

      Paste Magazine

      The main issue is that the story, while reasonably interesting, is not as interesting as the setup would like you to imagine, and that in such a context, Lena Olin is way too powerful for it. She not only overwhelms her young executor-suitors but the entire movie.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      For all the linguistic gymnastics, the film is hamstrung by its directors’ lack of visual imagination.
    • 50

      Screen Daily

      The proceedings are often stifling, but not without their prickly pleasures.
    • 50

      Los Angeles Times

      Olin could not be more commanding. It's a powerful performance in the service of a movie that's by turns off-putting, bracingly incisive and insufferable.
    • 40

      Village Voice

      Is Maya Dardel serious? The regal Lena Olin plays her with frank ferocity and arrogant certainty, but so much about the grandiose poet borders on parody.
    • 40

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Olin never wavers in her commitment. She's often extraordinary in individual moments.

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