The Staggering Girl

Great film for those who are not afraid of images doing more storytelling than the script itself. The Kyle MacLachlan character does bring to mind a Twin Peaks atmosphere and Ryuichi Sakamoto's music is just sublime to top it all off.

A woman (Julianne Moore) receives a call at her home in New York. She must return to Italy to convince her mother to move with her to the US She is a blind artist (Marthe Keller) who lives in a large house assisted by a caretaker (Kyle MacLachlan). The daughter is writing her memoirs, where her mother (the staggering-staggering-girl in the title?) May have a central role.

Luca Guadagnino offers us a sophisticated medium-length film with permanent jumps in its temporality and in its locations, which even overlap, with flashbacks intervened from the present; Valentino's wardrobe, Italian cityscape, and Ryuichi Sakamoto's music reinforce those dreamlike and fragmented qualities (like the title) of the story.

We witness the always difficult moment of resuming the role of daughter in person, in this case in front of a beautiful and talented mother (Mia Goth as a young woman and also Keller today) who became famous and who despite her limitations continues to create. The return to childhood at the same time as the role of an adult overextended by a declining mother. The story of both parades in front of the character of Moore and is headed towards a perhaps epiphanic end.

Actress playing daughter looks fairly haggard and at most a couple years younger. This stretches credibility of the scenes together

User reviews are to harsh. The movie is beautiful and amusing even though its script isn't as good as its cinematography.

The Staggering Girl (2019) is a short film from Luca Guadagnino and it is fine at best.

Positives for The Staggering Girl (2019): Similar to his other world, this short film is shot and directed expertly by Luca Guadagnino. The performances from the cast are great. This movie's story is very simple and it gets to the point perfectly fine. And finally, there are some very stylish shot in the movie's finale.

Negatives for The Staggering Girl (2019): Despite the interesting story, I wasn't really invested in the shirt film and it is only 37 minutes long. This is also a short film that is good for a one time watch.

Overall, The Staggering Girl (2019) is a fine little project for Luca Guadagnino and while it didn't fully work out for me, I would still recommend this short film.