Grey Gardens

Name: Grey Gardens
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1975
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.298

She was the girl who had everything - Money, good looks and social position. Her mother - a classic Bouvier beauty. Now they are living amongst the souvenirs of their lives. In Grey Gardens. This is their story. A love story. Sort of.

1975·Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer·4·1h 35m

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Documentary United States of America

Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

Recommended by 5 People

“A lesson in looseness for me. The camera wanders around and witnesses the house and the women. Dialogue happens off camera often, and nothing really happens, and yet it's fascinating.”

Ben Wheatley

Director, Writer

“I love how ceaselessly imaginative Little Edie is. She's like a fabulous nun in a one-woman order. I don't view this as a tragedy.”

Diablo Cody

Writer

“I love how she was still so glamorous. Even though she lived in squalor, she still was able to find little unique things to still make herself feel beautiful and glamorous.”