saw this saturday night at the provincetown film festival and and it a stick to your bone movie it really stay with me . adapt very smartly from what be probably an excellent novel and it a back and forth in time drama with fully round character and thoughtful rumination on life choice and and and i be not exaggerate . one of the great cast ever assemble in 100 plus year of movie making . wonderful work from everyone and lead by a luminous vanessa redgrave a a dying and delude newport matron and and claire dane a her much young self . meryl streep daughter mamie gummer be and like mama and the real deal while patrick wilson look like paul newman circa 1958 and doesn not overplay the charm while and what a pleasure to see such excellent stage actor a barry bostwick and eileen atkins contribute sharp and detailed cameo . hugh dancy and also from the stage and doesn not bring much edge to the somewhat clichéd role of an unhappy rich wastrel and and the family issue be resolve perhaps more neatly than real life would allow . but it a deliberately pace and visually gorgeous meditation on real life issue and and you can cry at it and not feel like youre be recklessly manipulate . also and what a sumptuous parade of 1940s/50s automobile .