Film
Fantasy Life

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$15 for Members (not a member?)
After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters. The girls’ mother, Dianne (Amanda Peet), is an actor whose once-promising career has stalled; she’s in a difficult marriage to David (Alessandro Nivola), a rock bassist. When David goes abroad on tour, Dianne and Sam discover an easy rapport, and when Sam joins Dianne’s family to babysit for the summer on Martha’s Vineyard, he ends up in a house with the woman he pines for, along with her entire family.
Q&A with Director Matthew Shear to follow Saturday’s screening
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Genre
Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Feature Film, Debut Feature, Q&A, CC and/or AD Assist
Runtime
91 min
Section
Future/Now Competition
Release Year
2025
Director
Matthew Shear
Producer
Charlie Alderman, Chris Dodds, Phil Keefe, Amanda Peet, Emily McCann Lesser, David Bernon, Sam Slater
Cast
Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Jessica Harper, Holland Taylor
Country
USA
Accessibility

