There are no current Madrid showtimes for The Green Wall (1970), but this page keeps the local screening history because it has already screened at Sala Berlanga and Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española).
If it returns to Madrid screens, new dates will appear here. The most recent tracked screenings were for Sun 21 Jun, Sat 23 May and Tue 19 May.
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Synopsis
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
Awards and festivals
2024Gotham Awards · Outstanding Lead PerformanceOutstanding Lead Performance — Keith Kupferer · nominated
2024Leiden International Film Festival · American Indie CompetitionAmerican Indie Competition — Ghostlight
2024National Board of Review Awards · Top 10 Independent FilmsTop 10 Independent Films
2024Seattle International Film Festival · Golden Space Needle AwardsGolden Space Needle Award - Best Performance — Keith Kupferer
2024Seattle International Film Festival · Golden Space Needle AwardsGolden Space Needle Award - Best Director — Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson
2024South by Southwest Film & TV Festival · Festival Favoriteselected
2024Sundance Film Festival · Premieres · world premiereselected
2025Film Independent Spirit Awards · Best Lead PerformanceBest Lead Performance — Keith Kupferer · nominated
2025Film Independent Spirit Awards · John Cassavetes AwardJohn Cassavetes Award — Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Eddie Linker, Alex Wilson · nominated
2025Satellite Awards · Motion picture awardsBest Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical — Keith Kupferer
Set in Chicagoland suburbs / Chicago metropolitan area, Illinois
Filmed at Waukegan, Illinois — Time Out Chicago reports that Ghostlight was shot in Waukegan; the story setting is Chicagoland suburbs, so this appears to be local Chicagoland filming rather than foreign doubling.
Cast
Keith KupfererDolly de LeonKatherine Mallen KupfererTara MallenHanna DworkinTommy Rivera-VegaAlma WashingtonH.B. WardDexter ZollicofferDeanna Dunagan
Themes
Grief and legacyCommunity theatrehealing through artfamily bondsindependent American dramamasculinity under revisionbest seen coldcommunity responsibilityfather-daughter relationship
Tone and style
TearjerkerTheatre within filmintimate family dramafilm-club tearjerkerBittersweetcharacter studyfestival audience favoritefunny through painsardonic tendernesssocial realism
