A Love Letter to Penelope Cruizer (2021) was produced and commissioned by Bristol Old Vic’s Sudden Connections and chosen by LADA as part of their Digital Screens live art series in 2024.
Made a year into Caroline’s struggle with Long Covid, when the condition was just starting to come into the medical vocabulary, Caroline had finally accepted that her walking wasn’t going to increase quickly and that she was ultimately housebound.
A blend of documentary footage and fiction, the film is an ode to Caroline’s relationship with ‘Penelope Cruizer’, her mobility scooter. Using rom-com tropes, this off-kilter black comedy tugs at what it means to experience a life-changing illness. Who do you blame, when it’s no one’s fault?
Film credits:
Performed and created by Caroline Williams
Co-directed by Caroline Williams and Christina Hardinge
Movement by Laura Dannequin
Musical score by Ed Dowie
A Love Letter to Penelope Cruizer (2021) was a Sudden Connections commission for Bristol Old Vic and chosen to be part of LADA Screens in 2024.
