The Dollmaker

Gertie Neames, a gifted woodcarver from rural Kentucky, finds her world upended when marriage forces a relocation to bustling Chicago. Her art—the meticulous crafting of expressive dolls—becomes a sanctuary, a tactile connection to her roots amidst the alien concrete and noise. This quiet drama traces the friction between artistic calling and domestic duty, between the soul of the Appalachian hills and the relentless pulse of the industrial city, as each carved figure holds a fragment of her displaced spirit.