Portrait of Kaye

Restricted by her lifelong agoraphobia Kaye has spent most of her life within the four walls of her parents house Finding relief from her fears in the faces and lives of old film stars she pastes their images alongside those of her deceased family on the walls of her house creating a kaleidoscopic collage that mixes personal history with Hollywood fantasy Told firsthand via freewheeling monologues Portrait of Kaye is a bittersweet portrait of a woman forming her own unique identity while navigating the conflicting influences of her mothers bawdy humour and her fathers anxieties Now 74 and recently widowed her infatuation with a younger neighbour gives her an opportunity to explore personal and sexual freedoms that have always been hidden away Shot over two years former nextdoor neighbour and music video director Ben Reed has assembled a unique and touching meditation on family film and the meaning of freedom