An offbeat mother-daughter drama, “Bad Behaviour” begins as Jennifer Connelly’s Lucy visits a costly spiritual retreat.
An offbeat mother-daughter drama, “Bad Behaviour” begins as Jennifer Connelly’s Lucy visits a costly spiritual retreat.
With its low-key guru (Ben Whishaw) and not so cozy group sessions, the retreat promises to change Lucy’s life dramatically — only emphatically not in any expected way.
Her daughter Dylan (Alice Englert), working as a stuntwoman on a New Zealand movie, is injured and then quickly paged to attend to her mom’s mess.
“I read the script by Alice Englert who directed it and plays my daughter. She sent it to me with a beautiful, handwritten letter,” Connelly, 53, began in a Zoom interview. “It really excited me.
“The part excited me. Her writing excited me. Then I watched two short films that she directed that were funny and smart. I was really intrigued by her and curious to see what she would make.
