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Coming of Consciousness: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Interviews | Roger Ebert

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Acclaimed indie director Tyler Taormina's poetic, nostalgia-tinged family drama captures the bittersweet rituals of an Italian-American clan's final Christmas at their ancestral Long Island home.
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  • Co-written by Taormina and Eric Berger, the film features a stellar ensemble cast including Maria Dizzia, Ben Shenkman, Elsie Fisher, Francesca Scorsese, and Michael Cera, each bringing their own lived-in emotional depths to the characters.
  • Cinematographer Carson Lund's visuals shift between intimate, observational realism and surreal, dreamlike flourishes, underscoring the complex interplay of familial bonds, cultural traditions, and the impermanence of cherished spaces.
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Tyler Taormina, Eric Berger, Maria Dizzia, Ben Shenkman, Matilda Fleming, Elsie Fisher, Francesca Scorsese, Gregg Turkington, Sawyer Spielberg, Lev Cameron, Michael Cera, Carson Lund, Franco Piavoli, Chantal Akerman, Joan Fontaine, Max Ophüls, Tony Savino, Omnes Films, Ham on Rye, Happer's Comet, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, Eephus, Voci nel tempo, Toute une nuit, Letter from an Unknown Woman
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