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The Roads Not Taken (PG)
Directed by Sally Potter
A FORMER writer whose fractured mind has ironically robbed him of his ability to express himself finds his voice by escaping into parallel realities in this intimate and moving study of dementia and “the roads not taken.”
British director Sally Potter’s new film, inspired by her younger brother who was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, follows the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) over the course of 24 hours as his loving daughter and carer Molly (Elle Fanning) take him to the dentist and opticians in New York.
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