29/04/2020

A Simple Favor (2018)

Linda Cardellini plays artist Diana Hyland

The artist Diana Hyland in her studio surrounded by her paintings


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Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Stephanie investigates Emily's past, speaking to Diana Hyland, an artist who painted a portrait of Emily. Diana says the girl in the painting is Claudia, her muse, and describes her as a con artist who disappeared.
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Diana Hyland : She never let me paint her face except for this one. I've never seen such a beautiful girl want to be so invisible or just completely vanish. But you know what, it takes money to vanish, and so she took everything that she could from me. You know how I would paint you? Beautific. Like, like a fucking saint.

Stephanie : I get that a lot.

Diana Hyland : You should embrace it. People love saints.

Stephanie : Yeah, after they're dead.