Palindromes

Palindromes is a 2004 comedy-drama film written and directed by Todd Solondz. In the same year it was released, Palindromes was nominated for a Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. The protagonist, a 13-year-old girl named Aviva, is played by eight different actors (of different ages, races, and genders) during the course of the film. Palindromes also features an array of secondary characters. The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and... more

Palindromes is a 2004 comedy-drama film written and directed by Todd Solondz. In the same year it was released, Palindromes was nominated for a Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. The protagonist, a 13-year-old girl named Aviva, is played by eight different actors (of different ages, races, and genders) during the course of the film. Palindromes also features an array of secondary characters. The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and Otto are all palindromes. The movie opens with a funeral for a young woman. The person who has died is Dawn Wiener, the main character from Solondz's film Welcome to the Dollhouse, who went to college, gained a lot of weight, and committed suicide. Her brother Mark (Matthew Faber, reprising his role) reads the eulogy while Dawn's tearful parents sit in the audience. (Solondz had asked the original actress Heather Matarazzo to return to the role; however, she declined.) Aviva is her cousin who desires to have a child. She has sex with Judah, a... less