In Search Of Fellini (2016)

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Based on Nancy Cartwright's true adventure. Lucy, a small-town girl from Ohio, has been shielded from all the bad in the world by her mother Clair, including Clair s own terminal illness. Claire s no BS sister urges Claire to break her silence before it s too late. Lucy, aware that something is up, goes to Cleveland for an ill-fated job interview. She stumbles upon a festival of Oscar-winning Federico Fellini s films and is instantly swept away. The cleverly enigmatic tragicomedy leaves Lucy aching for answers. In a burst of courage, she leaves home to find the filmmaker and unlock his mysterious enigma and her own. What follows is a strange and spectacular journey through the romantic dreamscapes of Italy, as she encounters characters, fantasies and nightmares from Fellini s films. Her journey, counterpoints Claire s gradual decline into death. Apart but connected, they fulfill both of their dreams as truth and fiction intertwine into the ultimate Felliniesque journey.