Directed by Ethan Hawke
Screenplay by Shelby Gaines and Ethan Hawke
Cinematography by Steve Cosens
Edited by Barry Poltermann
Music by Latham Gaines & Shelby Gaines
CAST: Maya Hawke (Flannery O’Connor), Laura Linney (Regina), Philip Ettinger (Robert ‘Cat’ Lowell), Christine Dye (Duchess), Rafael Casal (O. E. Parker), Cooper Hoffman (Manley Pointer).
Maya Hawke in Wildcat (2023)
The grotesques of Flannery O’Connor are brought to life in Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat. Hawke and co-writer Shelby Gaines create a script that illuminates both the inner and outer life of the enigma that was Flannery O’Connor. Hawke has a strong grasp on the writer’s persona as well as her art as he directs his daughter in the lead role.
Philip Ettinger & Maya Hawke in Wildcat (2023)
Maya Hawke gives a strong performance as the intensely brilliant writer, while the narrative moves O’Connor through the downward spiral of her life even as her genius soars. The film illustrates O’Connor’s reality interspersed with her stories as they form in her imagination (Maya Hawke and Laura Linney fill multiple roles as characters in the writer’s imaginings).
Maya Hawke in Wildcat (2023)
This film honors one of the brightest stars in American Literature. Wildcat screened at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival.