Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real..

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Overview

An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real.

Cast

Eva Gosciejewicz
Eva Gosciejewicz
Self - Narrator (voice)
Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
Self
Greg Gorman
Greg Gorman
Self
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
Self
Meta Shaw Stevens
Meta Shaw Stevens
Self
Michael Ferris
Michael Ferris
Self
Michael Ventura
Michael Ventura
Self
Ray Carney
Ray Carney
Self
Robert Forrest
Robert Forrest
Self
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
Self (archive footage)