Documentary
Have you met… ‘Jupiters Wife’?
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. | Have you ever noticed someone out in public and wondered what their life is like? This is precisely what director Michel Negropante experienced after discovering Maggie, a homeless woman in New York City who wanders Central Park wearing an enormous backpack. She’s always accompanied by a large pack of dogs that she treats as family. Fascinated by Maggie, Negroponte proceeds to follow her for two years of he life, talking with her and capturing the experience on film. What he finds is a treasure-trove of various stories, outlandish claims and enigmatic clues into the “alleged” life and true persona of Maggie. During the filmmaker’s time with Maggie, she claims to be the daughter of legendary Hollywood actor Robert Ryan and the wife of the Roman God Jupiter. Her stories continue to get more and more compelling and as we watch in awe of her tall tales, we actually begin to wonder and ask ourselves how much of what she’s saying is true and how much of it is pure fiction. Parts of us question where our reality and Maggie’s reality intersect. The film is relatively short at only 78 minutes, but it grabs your attention early on and leaves you wondering what lies behind the eyes of such a human being as Maggie. |
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