Julie Pacino’s Lynchian Feature Debut ‘I Live Here Now’ Gets First Look Image

Filmmaker Julie Pacino, producer and daughter of actor Al Pacino, makes her feature directorial debut with I Live Here Now. Pacino’s debut is set to premiere at Fantasia this summer, bringing a first look at the Lynchian psychodrama.

I Live Here Now was announced in Fantasia’s first wave of programming.

Night Teeth and Bright actor Lucy Fry stars as “Rose, a woman haunted by trauma and trapped in a motel where reality unravels, the film blurs the lines between past and present, dream and waking life, captured in vivid 16mm.”

Fantasia’s description provides additional insight, stating Pacino’s debut is about “competing anxieties: the pursuit of perfection, the weight of generational trauma, and the invisible fist of capitalism tightening its grip around the necks of its characters.” It’s also described as a “vibrant and nightmarish psychodrama” that “reverberates with echoes of David Lynch, Dario Argento, and the Coen brothers.

The supporting cast includes Madeline Brewer (