Tuesday

A young teen (Lola Petticrew), bedridden with an unnamed disease, finds herself unable to breathe and struggling with overwhelming anxiety. Her mom (the fine Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is in denial, emotionally remote and in serious financial trouble. Enter a strange and searingly lovely being, an angel of sorts, determined to help manage the girl’s suffering. Daina O. Pusić’s wildly imaginative debut feature provides a sophisticated blend of horror, tenderness, tragicomedy, fairytale and philosophical insight so thrilling that you’ll wonder whether to laugh or cry. The girl’s explosive emotions and uncontrollable appetites give rise to astounding bodily transformations (the film, in addition to all else, conjures many exhilarating visual spectacles, with a sensibility that Lewis Carroll might appreciate). Sometimes the fantastical is a way of looking more closely at our reality, and it is just when tragedy is knocking that we might discover an unexpected burst of magic. (Telluride Film Festival)