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Moving On movie storyline. Claire is a woman who never found her own power, always living for others after the assault left her “mute.” Fonda plays her with a somber rigidity, holding her body tight as if thousands of emotions are one moment away from escaping the cage she’s built around them. As she reconnects with Evelyn, Ralph, and even Howard, Claire’s long-repressed sense of humor, sensuality, and seething anger she kept hidden for so long find their way to the surface.
Tomlin plays retired musician Evelyn with her trademark deadpan sensibility, always seeming to say what she means and what feels at any given moment, unafraid to be unabashedly herself. Yet, Evelyn is a woman with secrets, wounded pride, and a passion for music – and for women – that hasn’t had an outlet in far too long. She secretly ekes out as free an existence as she can in the independent section of an assisted living facility. Joyce’s death, and Claire’s return to her life, bring out in Evelyn a bevy of complex emotions, this shift played with subtle precision by Tomlin, whose eyes belie her stoic face and monotonous voice.
Moving On is about Claire’s desire to get vengeance for a sexual assault perpetrated by Joyce’s husband Howard (Malcolm McDowell) nearly 50 years earlier that completely derailed her life. In the wake of the event, she pulled away from Joyce and Evelyn, left her loving husband Ralph (Richard Roundtree, as charming and suave as ever), and has spent most of her life petrified by the trauma.
Moving On is an American comedy film written and directed by Paul Weitz. The film stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Sarah Burns, Catherine Dent, Mo Zelof, Annie Korzen, Lauren Tom, Haaz Sleiman, Nancy De Mayo and Jeremiah King. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2022.
Moving On (2023)
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Sarah Burns, Catherine Dent, Mo Zelof, Annie Korzen, Lauren Tom, Haaz Sleiman, Nancy De Mayo, Jeremiah King
Screenplay by: Paul Weitz
Production Design by: Michael Whetstone
Cinematography by: Tobias Datum
Film Editing by: Hilda Rasula
Set Decoration by: Amanda Hallberg
Art Direction by: Mel Case, Diz Jeppe
Music by: Amanda Jones
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: Roadside Attractions
Release Date: September 13, 2022 (TIFF), March 17, 2023 (United States)
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