Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
Acting
Lee Remick's brittle, unraveling matriarch is devastating.
Production
Glamorous period detail that slowly rots before your eyes.
Writing
Adapted from Brooke's memoir with brutally specific family grievances.
Director
Michael Tuchner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brooke Hayward herself appears briefly as a party guest, watching her own life be dramatized.
Margaret Sullavan was a genuine 1930s star who died by overdose in 1960; this film excavates Hollywood's buried generational trauma before 'nepo baby' was slang.
US
