Miranda July on Kajillionaire and the art of parenting

As one of the most singularly quirky minds working in art and indie filmmaking today, writer/director Miranda July has enchanted audiences with her delicate storytelling, oddball characters, and intimate understanding of universal insecurity. She’s turned awkward womanhood into a virtue with films like Me And You And Everyone We Know and The Future, and that feeling is something her latest film, Kajillionaire, celebrates once again. Its lead character, Evan Rachel Wood’s Old Dolio, is stuck in perpetual adolescence, caught since birth in the web of her family’s selfish deceit and seemingly unable to recognize or chart a way out. She’s an odd character to look at, with her thick sheath of blonde hair and oversized track jacket, but underneath all that awkwardness, she’s emotionally underdeveloped, the product of her parents’ bad decisions. With Kajillionaire, July once again beautifully follows the journey of a character who’s trapped inside themselves in some way, and is hoping to break out.

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