Rachel Hendrix is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by Victor Nuñez and starring Lori Singer and Kim Sandwich.
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Plot
Rachel Hendrix, an author and college professor, is still griveing one year after her husband's death during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She meets Ann, a young writer, that inspires her to regain her sense of purpose.
Cast
Lori Singer as Rachel Hendrix
Catherine Dent as Em Evans
Kim Sandwich as Ann Evans
Hugo Armstrong as Carl Hendrix
Kersti Bryan as Susan Sparrow
Philip Casnoff as Jerry Rorty
Roxanne Hart as Diane Wilson
Release
The film premiered at the 38th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Rachel Hendrix will be included in the July 8–9, 2023 American Cinematheque retrospective of Nunez's work. In the film's program notes, Jim Hemphill described it as "an expansion of Nunez’s work, not a repetition", and as "a late career masterpiece with another stunning performance at its center."
Reception
In his review for The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber praised Singer's performance and the film's casting and cinematography, though he felt that it was slightly too long.