I really enjoyed this one. It had a nice, slow pace to it. I thought the acting, especially Alana Hawley Purvis was exceptional. It was pretty subtle, but with an interesting plot and well written and believable dialogue. I viewed it on Hoopla for free. Highly recommended!
Plot summary
When her parents are killed in a sudden car accident, television actor Frankie King (Alana Hawley Purvis) returns to her hometown in rural Alberta to face this tragedy after being estranged from her family for 20 years. As she struggles to reconnect with her brother Grayson (Joe Perry),old wounds are reopened and family secrets uncovered.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Nicole de Boer as Suzanne
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 789.87 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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Excellent little indie film
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Really good little character study.
This movie is obviously informed by psychology; I couldn't say much more than that.
The opening shot shows the car driven by the parents of the hero streaming toward the foreground/POV like a missile. In the background there is a giant field of windmills, motivated by the unseen force of wind, and on the left edge of the frame there are power lines carrying the resulting energy toward the foreground.
Title Card
First scene with the hero is a David Lynch type dream-IRL with the hero at the center, contained in a rich network of characters and symbols.
The movie artfully moves from dream to the waking world of the hero gradually. She talks to her therapist about a literal dream, which breaks into the movie about half way through, again seamlessly, artfully.
It's all well executed. The whole film radiates meaning without clobbering you with messages. Very well done.
I do wish for more visual beauty in the photography, but I think the look is a choice, not a lack of skill. The movie probably does require the hometown to feel like a drab, unwelcoming gulag, out in some liminal never-always-nowhere-everywhere. It is the literal landscape of her adolescence, yes, but also the internal landscape of her unease/trauma/whatever.
I want to see more from this filmmaker. Also makes me want to study more psychology LOL.
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Drama about family and loss
I finished this movie just now and enjoyed it! The death of both parents in a car crash forces a woman to travel to the town where she grew up with her brother. She hasn't returned since moving to Hollywood to become an actress. The role she has when the movie opens is a kid's TV show and seems miserable during the dialog between herself, who's dresses as a queen, a beautiful princess and a donkey.. This is the first I have seen of the lead actress and I look forward to seeing her again soon!
4 out of 5 stars or 8 out of 19.