Dern plays Jennifer, a documentary filmmaker forced to reevaluate her past and interrogate her own memories when her mother (Ellen Burstyn) unearths a creative-writing assignment Jennifer wrote at 13, a thinly veiled account of the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of a track coach (Jason Ritter) with the cooperation of a trusted riding instructor (Elizabeth Debicki).ĭern gives an extraordinary, constantly shifting performance at the heart of a film that never lets viewers find their footing. Dern has recently come to specialize in standout supporting roles, but she takes the lead in The Tale, directed by Jennifer Fox and based on Fox’s own experiences. From Enlightened to Wild to Certain Women to Twin Peaks: The Return to Big Little Lies to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there’s been no shortage of reminders that she’s an actress of extraordinary range and ability, one just as capable of tremendous subtlety as she is delivering crushing moments of overpowering emotion. It’s no secret that the last few years have been good to Laura Dern. “ Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.Photo: PolyGram filmed Entertainment/Corbis via Getty Images “ Kind words can be short and simple to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. “ We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God-the rest will be given. “ Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause. “ Please choose the way of peace…In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. “ When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. “ The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. I just wished he didn't trust me so much. “ I know God won't give me anything I can't handle.
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