Nine Lives (2005)

NINE LIVES  (2005)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Rodrigo García
    Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Holly Hunter,
    Elpidia Carillo, Glenn Close, LisaGay Hamilton,
    Aidan Quinn, Ian McShane, Molly Parker,
    Jason Isaacs, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Brenneman, 
    Kathy Baker, Joe Mantegna, Sydney Tamiia Poitier,
    Dakota Fanning, Mary Kay Place, William Fichtner
Nine women. Nine stories. Nine short films, some tangentially connected, each shot on film in a single take, none more than 14 minutes long. Most revolve around awkward conversations, and most of them are painful. The locations are varied: a prison, a hospital, a funeral home, a supermarket. The last segment, starring Glenn Close and Dakota Fanning and set in a graveyard, is heartbreaking.