The Cathedral

Ricky D’Ambrose

A multigenerational family saga in extreme miniature, the new feature from singular American independent director Ricky D’Ambrose, whose Notes on an Appearance played at the festival in 2018, is his most refined, emotionally resonant work yet

DIRECTOR
Ricky D’Ambrose
YEAR
2021
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
87 minutes
START DATE
September 2, 2022

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A multigenerational family saga in extreme miniature, the new feature from singular American independent director Ricky D’Ambrose (Notes on an Appearance, ND/NF 2018) is his most refined, emotionally resonant work yet. Slicing across decades with impressionistic precision, The Cathedral tells the formally economical yet engrossing story of the Damrosch family, whose quiet rise and fall is seen through the eyes of its youngest member, Jesse, born in the late 1980s. Using photographs and archival news footage to buttress his oblique drama, D’Ambrose shows how a family’s financial and emotional wear and tear can subtly reflect a country’s sociopolitical fortunes and follies. A New Directors/New Films 2022 selection. A MUBI release.

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Builds its resonant power not in tears and talk but through spare, near-hieroglyphic images.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
A one of a kind piece of filmmaking from a one-of-a-kind director.
Joshua Brunsting, Criterion Cast
The Cathedral establishes D'Ambrose as one of the major American voices in indie cinema.
Dustin Chang, ScreenAnarchy
A deeply humanist film.
Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine
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