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The film, which centers on a woman whose life is literally and figuratively crashing down around her, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to the Berlin Film Festival, where Byrne was awarded the best actress prize. And in just a few months, it might well bring her the first Oscar nomination of her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \"\n>\n\tAppearing in virtually every scene of the film, usually in a claustrophobically tight close-up, Byrne plays Linda, a therapist with a client (<strong>Danielle Macdonald<\/strong>) behaving oddly and a colleague (<strong>Conan O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>) losing patience with her; a wife whose husband (voiced by <strong>Christian Slater<\/strong>) has gone out of town just as their apartment&#8217;s roof has caved in; and a mother who is therefore forced to relocate with her sickly daughter to a motel run by some colorful characters (including <strong>A$AP Rocky<\/strong>). 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