The Music of Regret
Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.
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Cast
Meryl Streep
Adam Guettel
Tony Nation
John Tully
Lisa Adams
Garland Hunter
David Sasse
Nathan Morgan
Anthony Inneo
Julie Fiorenza
Greg Sinacori
Marcus Willis
James A. Pierce III
Mayuko Shoka
Alia Crutcher
Michael Rohatyn
Margaret Dorn
Kyle Gordon
Cyrus Dunham
Nathan Resika
Cathy Simmons
Jenna Hally Rubenstein
Justin Dawson
Nick Curtin
Carol Dowty
Ben Goldman
Laurie Simmons
Susan Simmons
