Adrianne and the Castle
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| Directed by | Shannon Walsh |
| Written by | Shannon Walsh Laurel Sprengelmeyer |
| Produced by | Ina Fichman |
| Starring | Alan St. George |
| Cinematography | Pablo Alvarez-Mesa |
| Edited by | Sophie Farkas Bolla |
| Music by | Richard Reed Parry |
Production company | Intuitive Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Adrianne and the Castle is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Shannon Walsh.[1]
Premise
[edit]The film profiles Alan St. George, a man who maintains his home in rural Illinois as a shrine to his late wife Adrianne, including musical re-enactments of scenes from their earlier lives together performed by actors Nathan McDonald and SLee.[2]
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the 2024 SXSW festival,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4] It also screened as the opening film of the 2024 DOXA Documentary Film Festival,[5] prior to playing at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival on July 20, 2024.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]Adrianne & the Castle received generally positive reviews, with critics praising its emotional depth and visual storytelling. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 64% of 11 critics' reviews are positive.[7]
On RogerEbert.com, Clint Worthington wrote: "For all its wistful magic, Adrianne & the Castle is a film about grief and what happens when you lose the very thing that defined your life up to that point.[8]
Grading the film A- on IndieWire, Lauren Wissot wrote: "Personally, I saw Adrianne & The Castle as a queer hetero love story between a female drag queen and her submissive partner, even if that very 21st century assessment feels totally out of sync with the couple’s turn-of-the-20th-century aristocratic lifestyle. And yet the ambiguity of Walsh’s film is also the greatest strength of the intoxicating story it tells in such intimate and specific detail, a story whose moral is to throw such mundane thinking aside and embrace the higher truth that love conquers all — doubt and death alike."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Addie Morfoot, "SXSW Bound Musical Hybrid Documentary ‘Adrianne & The Castle,’ Debuts Trailer". Variety, February 29, 2024.
- ^ Lauren Wissot, "‘Adrianne & the Castle’ Review: A Grieving Man Builds a Shrine to His Late Wife in a Beautiful Documentary About a Love Larger Than Life". IndieWire, March 11, 2024.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Four Canadian world premieres added to SXSW lineup". Playback, July 8, 2024.
- ^ Jennie Punter, "Hot Docs Lineup: ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ to Open Toronto Nonfiction Fest Amid Mass Programmer Exit". Variety, March 26, 2024.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Adrianne & the Castle official opener for this year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival". Vancouver Sun, April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Fantasia's 28th Edition Awards Filmmaker Mike Flanagan, Closes with the World Premiere of André Forcier's Ababouiné". Fantasia International Film Festival. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
- ^ "Adrianne & the Castle". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
- ^ "SXSW 2024: Songs from the Hole, The Black Sea, Adrianne & The Castle | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ Wissot, Lauren (2024-03-11). "'Adrianne & the Castle' Review: A Grieving Man Builds a Shrine to His Late Wife in a Beautiful Documentary About a Love Larger Than Life". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
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