Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse — that keeps her spiraling down the drain.
Acting
Leigh's physically transformative, devastating descent — she IS the wreckage.
Direction
Grosbard lets scenes breathe until they suffocate you.
Director
Ulu Grosbard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leigh spent months learning to sing badly — her off-key covers are meticulously crafted failures.
The film predicted the 90s obsession with 'authentic' suffering — Sadie's addiction becomes her only art form when she can't be Georgia.
US
