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The Genius and the Opera Singer

Unrated

UK Cinema Release Date

Tuesday 1st October 2019
The Genius and the Opera Singer poster
Age rating / classification to be confirmed.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 1st October 2019.
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Directed by:

Vanessa Stockley

Produced by:

Leslie Knott and Sierra Pettengill

Starring:

Ruth Berk, Jessica Berk and Robert Driscoll

Genre:

Documentary

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 7 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

The Genius and the Opera Singer is an intimate documentary set in a claustrophobic penthouse apartment in New York's West Village where Ruth and her daughter Jessica have shared uneasy quarters for over half a century. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the film mines the fraught emotional territory of a parental relationship stuck cycling between the past and the present. Once an aspiring opera singer, Ruth is now housebound and reliant on the 55-year-old Jessica and her sometimes live-in partner, Robert. The intelligent, high-strung, and confrontational Jessica, whose life has perhaps not unfolded quite as she'd planned, feels that her mother spent her formative years neglecting her in favor of a superficial pursuit of glamour, and is determined to unravel and analyze their shared history. Having been declared officially 'incompetent' by the city and deemed unable to live independently, Ruth was relegated to a nursing home for a year. After fighting a long legal battle on her behalf.

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The Genius and the Opera Singer Cast

Ruth Berk

Ruth Berk headshot

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

Jessica Berk

Jessica Berk headshot

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

Robert Driscoll

Robert Driscoll headshot

Date of Birth:

Unknown

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

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