Saturday, November 9

4:00pm

Towheads

2013 / USA / 85 min / DCP
Director: Shannon Plumb
Cast: Shannon Plumb, Derek Cianfrance, Cody and Walker Cianfrance
Print Source: Artist Public Domain

In Towheads, the reality of motherhood is played for laughs. Penelope is a stay at home mom. Raising two young children day after day, her once vital world has devolved into Cheerios and play dates and a do not care wardrobe of sweatpants and stretched out t-shirts. Her earlier aspirations of becoming a performer now seem as distant as her free and single days. Her husband Matt (director Derek Cianfrance) is no help. Always busy doing something or other, his life has gone back to normal. Penelope can only wish for such. None of this sounds funny, but through the observations of filmmaker Shannon Plumb the rarely glimpsed perils of motherhood are laid bare with a sharp, comedic flair. Featuring Plumb in the starring role, along with her real life husband and kids playing fictionalized versions of themselves, Towheads dares to confront vital questions about starting a family and the true meaning of commitment with razor sharp humor and a playful attitude.