“Mouse”, interview with directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson

Following up their 2024 breakout feature Ghostlight, co-directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson return with “Mouse”, premiering in the Panorama section at the 76th Berlinale. The film, a delicate coming-of-age story starring Katherine Mallen-Kupferer, who previously appeared in the cast of “Ghostlight”, sees the young actress in the role of Minnie, a shy and awkward high school senior grappling with the difficult task of finding herself now that she no longer basks in the reflected light of her best friend, Callie. Female friendships “I think female relationships are so fascinating at that age because you can love someone and idolize them and also be so deeply jealous of them. One person takes up space naturally and then without meaning to she leaves less space for the other one.” Kelly O’Sullivan observes. O’Sullivan, who also wrote the film, drew deeply from her memories of being a high school teenager in her hometown of North Little Rock, Arkansas in the early 2000s. With Alex Thompson she tried to describe the difficult journey of a teenager trying to define who she is and what she wants out of life. Mother and daughter relationships Mouse is not only about a friendship but it’s also about the difficult relationship Minnie has with her mom. “Minnie, like so many teenagers, is deeply embarrassed by where she comes from and her family” says O’Sullivan, so, when she and Callie’s mom, Helen (Sophie Okonedo) are left without Callie, they will have to eventually fill an empty space in their life. The post “Mouse”, interview with directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson appeared first on Fred Film Radio.