The Chaperone

108 Minutes • NR

Showings

Lark Theater Fri, May 17, 2019 10:00 AM
Lark Theater Sat, May 18, 2019 6:30 PM
Lark Theater Sun, May 19, 2019 4:45 PM
Lark Theater Mon, May 20, 2019 12:10 PM
Lark Theater Tue, May 21, 2019 4:20 PM
Lark Theater Wed, May 22, 2019 2:20 PM
Lark Theater Thu, May 23, 2019 11:45 AM
Lark Theater Fri, May 24, 2019 10:00 AM
Lark Theater Sun, May 26, 2019 4:00 PM
Lark Theater Mon, May 27, 2019 6:15 PM
Lark Theater Tue, May 28, 2019 2:00 PM
Lark Theater Wed, May 29, 2019 4:10 PM
Lark Theater Thu, May 30, 2019 12:00 PM
Lark Theater Fri, May 31, 2019 10:00 AM
Lark Theater Fri, May 31, 2019 4:15 PM
Lark Theater Mon, Jun 3, 2019 1:50 PM
Lark Theater Thu, Jun 6, 2019 12:10 PM
Lark Theater Mon, Jun 10, 2019 4:40 PM
Lark Theater Tue, Jun 11, 2019 10:00 AM
Lark Theater Wed, Jun 12, 2019 2:00 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Movie
Release Year:2019
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Michael Engler
Cast:Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, and Victoria Hill

Description

Louise Brooks the 1920s silver screen sensation who never met a rule she didn't break, epitomized the restless, reckless spirit of the Jazz Age. But, just a few years earlier, she was a 15 year-old student in Wichita, Kansas for whom fame and fortune were only dreams. When the opportunity arises for her to go to New York to study with a leading dance troupe, her mother (Victoria Hill) insists there be a chaperone. Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern), a local society matron who never broke a rule in her life, impulsively volunteers to accompany Louise (Haley Lu Richardson) to New York for the summer. Why does this utterly conventional woman do this? What happens to her when she lands in Manhattan with an unusually rebellious teenager as her ward? And, which of the two women is stronger, the uptight wife-and-mother or the irrepressible free spirit? It's a story full of surprises--about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.


"A film of uncommon rapture"
- Observer

"What makes Engler's film worth a look, apart from its two leading ladies, is how it manages to make a tale set nearly a century ago feel oddly timely."
- RogerEbert.com