Park Avenue

"Love. Lies. Loss. Life."

2025 1h 45m EN

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8.5

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★8.5TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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Paralyzed by her life wrangling cattle in Alberta, Canada, Charlotte jumps into her Ford Bronco, flees her over-controlling husband, and lands back in her childhood Park Avenue apartment where she takes refuge with her mother Kit. Rediscovering the boy she loved, now her grown doorman Anders, and the life she left at 18, the mother and daughter explore shared history, unshared truths and find a way to face both love and loss.

“Love. Lies. Loss. Life.”

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Cast

Fiona Shaw
Kit
Katherine Waterston
Charlotte
Chaske Spencer
Anders
Allison McKay
Mrs. Ricketts
Nelson Ascencio
Angelo
Gabriella Baldacchino
Lily
Gino Cafarelli
Tony
Didi Conn
Mrs. Harris

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gaby Dellal
Writers: Tina Alexis Allen, Gaby Dellal
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gaby Dellal, shot by David Johnson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Fiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston and Chaske Spencer carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love. Lies. Loss. Life.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt27654205 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gaby Dellal directs. David Johnson behind the camera. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released last year.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Gaby Dellal, shot by David Johnson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Fiona Shaw and Katherine Waterston and Chaske Spencer carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Love. Lies. Loss. Life.".
8IMDB entry: tt27654205 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Johnson
Production design: Katie Fleming
Costume design: Stacy Jansen
Stunt coordinator: Jessica Erin Bennett
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: Park Avenue (2025)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-11-20
★ 7/10
“Charlotte” (Katherine Waterston) has had enough of her Canadian ranching life with her husband, and despite the fact that he just has shut down her bank accounts, makes it to New York where her widowed mother “Kit” (Fiona Shaw) has lived in an elegant Park Avenue apartment since she was a child. Her arrival is somewhat unexpected and though her mum is happy enough to see her, it’s clear fairly swiftly that their relationship is a complex and fairly unconventional one. Choosing to live from the maid’s room, she reconnects with “Anders” (Chaske Spencer), a childhood friend who is now the building’s doorman and as that relationship begins to compensate for what is missing elsewhere in her life, we discover that her mother has a battle of her own on her hands, one that she chooses not to read “Charlotte” into. As these two women gradually start to become re-accustomed to each other, the film takes us on a gentle observation of their respective searches for fulfilment, peace and truth. The emotional intensity of the drama is peppered with some lovely sarcasm from Shaw and with some lightly comedic antics in a building where the elderly residents are dwindling at quite a pronounced rate. I thought that Shaw brought something of a flamboyant Norma Desmond to her role that I quite enjoyed, and she and Waterston spar amiably as we head to a denouement that we expect, but that plays out a bit more spiritually than it might have. It’s a slow burn with the emphasis on some quite potent writing, two engaging performances and some fairly ugly looking face masks. You don’t need to see it in a cinema, but it is a worthwhile character study, nicely scored, and worth a watch on the telly,

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