Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
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Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

6.5 / 10 1966 49mNR English
Drama

Storyline

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible but eventually drove them apart. Their story reflects, to a degree, the situation of anyone who has ever shared the life of another.

Cast & Crew

MC

Michèle Chicoine

Donna

Lead
Jackie Burroughs

Jackie Burroughs

Gail

John Sullivan

John Sullivan

RB

Ray Bellew

AP

Aino Pirskanen

GM

Gino Marrocco

EG

Evelyn Gordon

DM

Derek May

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Don Owen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker