![]() ![]() ![]() The story is narrated from the journals of a new mother (Alexandra Loreth) whose physician husband has confined her to a remote country estate to recover from a vague nervous disorder that may or may not in reality be post-partum depression. ![]() The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman – for those non-English majors in the house – is a classic text of both gothic and feminist literature and condemns the ever-popular ‘rest cure’ for women experiencing mental illness (“female hysteria”) at the time Gilman lived. Having world-premiered at Cinequest in 2021, and following a successful festival run, Alexandra Loreth (writer/star) and Kevin Pontuti (writer/director)’s indie co-creation THE YELLOW WALLPAPER brings the 1892 short story from the page to the screen. Written by Alexandra Loreth, Kevin Pontuti, (based on the novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Starring Alexandra Loreth, Joe Mullins, Jeanne O’Connor, Clara Harte ![]()
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