Abigail Breslin’s newest venture is about to open the 2023 of the Santa Barbara Film Festival, per Deadline. The “Zombieland” and “Little Miss Sunshine” actress toplines “Miranda’s Victim,” a courtroom drama helmed by Michelle Danner (“The Runner”) that can kick off the thirty eighth version of the fest, which runs from February 8-13.
Based on the true story of Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin), the movie revisits how Weir was kidnapped and raped in 1963. “Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation,” the supply particulars.
A lady-directed title can be closing the fest: Chandler Levack’s “I Like Movies,” a coming-of-age story concerning the friendship between a 17-year-old boy who works at a video rental retailer and his older feminine supervisor.
Other movies set to display embrace Trish Neufeld’s “Dancing with Mom,” a doc exploring the director’s function as a caregiver to her mom, and Caylee So’s “The Harvest,” the story of a son who returns dwelling to be with his ailing father.
Had over to Deadline to take a look at the fest’s full lineup.
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