THE BOOK OF GABRIELLE
by Lisa Gornick
synopsis
Gabrielle is writing an illustrated guide book on sex called 'How To Do It.' At a book signing she meets Saul, an established male writer who is straight. She both loves and hates his work which has seeped into her secular Jewish life from childhood. The more Gabrielle tells him about her book the more he wants to know about her life; the relationship with her younger girlfriend Olivia and her determination to "stop using my penis in sex". As her book takes form, is Saul jealous or desirous? Their friendship is tested as is Gabrielle's relationship with Olivia. The film muses on how we write, how we draw. And the nature of "story" and what it makes us do.
international title: | The Book of Gabrielle |
original title: | The Book of Gabrielle |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lisa Gornick |
film run: | 80' |
release date: | DE 9/03/2017 |
screenplay: | Lisa Gornick |
cast: | Allan Corduner, Lisa Gornick, Joni Kamen, Anna Koval, Ruth Lass |
cinematography by: | Amarjeet Singh |
film editing: | Johannes Bock, Amy Daneel, Maya T. Harris |
art director: | Jan-Marc Petroschka |
music: | Jasmin Kent Rodgman |
producer: | Margaret Glover, Lisa Gornick, Alex Thiele |
production: | 65 Wilding Films, Valiant Doll |
distributor: | Pro-Fun Media GmbH |