Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: zz/zz/2004(USA
Release Date: 01/18/2005
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Showtime Entertainment
Cavedweller is an adaptation of
Dorothy Allison's novel of the same name.
Anne Meredith, who also adapted
Allison's
Bastard Out of Carolina, wrote the script, and the film was directed by
Lisa Cholodenko (
Laurel Canyon).
Kyra Sedgwick stars as
Delia Byrd. As the film opens,
Delia loses her wayward
rock-star husband,
Randall (
Kevin Bacon in a bit part), to a car accident, and decides to take her angry, heartbroken young daughter,
Cissy (
Regan Arnold, who played the tormented little sister in
Blue Car), from Los Angeles back to her hometown in rural Georgia, where
Delia left her two daughters and her abusive husband,
Clint (
Aidan Quinn), many years ago, to join
Randall on the road. "Those people are not gonna be happy to see you," warns
Delia's friend,
Rosemary (singer
Jill Scott in her film debut), but
Delia is determined to reclaim her daughters.
Cissy irrationally blames
Delia for
Randall's death, making the drive to Georgia an unpleasant one. Upon arriving there,
Delia finds that she is not remembered fondly. Her taciturn grandfather (
Myron Natwick) reluctantly takes her and
Cissy in, but
Delia soon learns that
Clint is dying, and that her daughters,
Amanda (
Vanessa Zima) and
Dede (
April Mullen), are living with
Clint's fire-and-brimstone mother (
Jackie Burroughs), who has no intention of letting the girls see her. Realizing he has wronged her,
Clint agrees to help
Delia get custody of the girls, in exchange for her caring for him until he dies.
Cavedweller was shown at the
2004 Tribeca Film Festival before premiering on
Showtime.
~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
