A minute-long love letter to a writer who made laundromats feel like cathedrals.
Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers and bad Christians.
Writing
Berlin's prose distilled to pure essence.
Direction
Economy of image matching economy of words.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berlin published 76 stories but found fame only posthumously; this short mirrors her belated recognition.
The film's brevity mirrors Berlin's gift for entire novels compressed into single paragraphs.
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