Ricki and the Flash

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Ricki and the Flash is a light family drama written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody and directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs). The film was the opening selection for the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland this year. Meryl Streep stars alongside her real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer, with supporting roles by Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan, and Rick Springfield.

Meryl Streep takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in Ricki and the Flash. In an original film loaded with live musical performances, Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock ‘n’ roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.

“Ricki Rendazzo is definitely a Meryl Streep we’ve never seen before,” Demme says about the legendary actor. “Meryl has been taking these incredible acting chances – bringing to life some famous figures, or the terrifying witch in Into the Woods, she’s doing a lot of extreme characters. In this film, Ricki has her extremes, but Meryl plays it so down-to-earth – an actual, authentic, singing guitar player, a real twenty-first century woman.”

Ricki and the Flash is rated PG.