52 Films by Women Vol 5. 37. KAJILLIONAIRE (Director: Miranda July)
Contains spoilers As Old Dolio Dyne, the twenty-six-year-old daughter of Los Angeles-based grifter parents, Robert (Richard Jenkins) and Theresa (Debra Winger), Evan Rachel Wood radiates loneliness to an almost thermonuclear level. Her long straight hair that she shares with her mother obscures her face. She is achingly self-conscious, having been taught not to be seen. She cannot bear to be touched either, having been shown no physical affection by her parents, much less been referred to as ‘hon’ or ‘sweetheart’. Named, as we discover late in Miranda July’s third film as writer-director, Kajillionaire , after the heir to a fortune, Old Dolio is the brains of her parents’ hand-to-mouth operation. The three of them live in unusable office space adjacent to a bubble factory. Each day, metronomic so you can set your watch to it, pink soap bubbles seep through the wall. The three of them work to quell the soapy infestation; it is part of the terms of their lease. The family owe...