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January 5, 2024
At the Movies: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard anchor ‘Memory,' a thorny drama with a tender heart
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
Pain and trauma permeate Michel Franco's new drama “ Memory, ” about two lost souls who find surprising comfort in one another. Both Jessica Chastain's Sylvia and Peter Sarsgaard's Saul are hostage to their own minds, though in vastly different ways. Hers haunts her. His is failing rapidly. And neither are entirely trustworthy.
Both Jessica Chastain’s Sylvia and Peter Sarsgaard’s Saul are hostage to their own minds, though in vastly different ways. Hers haunts her. His is failing rapidly. And neither are entirely trustworthy.
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