Marjory Avenue Productions - Filmcoop Inc - Aliyah Films in association with Cinema!ntenant present SEAN BAEK * WES BERGER * CLAIRE BURNS * DANIEL BRIERE * SHARMILA DEY * ANDREW JACKSON * ANITA LA SELVA * JANI LAUZON * SERA-LYS MCARTHUR * MARCEL STEWART * MICHAELA WASHBURN * ASTRID VAN WIEREN
Written & Directed by JON MICHAELSON Cinematography BLAKE HANNAHSON*
Edited by JASON SHARMAN * Music by ANDY TRITHARDT * Songs by Jani Lauzon, The Cathouse Dogs, and Astrid Van Wieren * Produced by EMILY ANDREWS JON MICHAELSON LAURA NORDIN JASON SHARMAN ASTRID VAN WIEREN
(101 MINUTES – COLOR – WIDE SCREEN – 5.1 SOUND)
(TIWFF: BEST ACTRESS - ASTRID VAN WIEREN (June 2021) (MIFF: HONORABLE MENTION:BEST CANADIAN INDIE (November 2021)
R e v i e w s
from theatrical screenings in New York (Anthology Film Archives) Toronto (The Royal Cinema, The Grand Gerrard Theatre) St. Catharines (The Film House)
“THE BEST INDIE FILM I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME” (playwright David. S Craig)
“STRONG PERFORMANCES” (film director Carolyn Combs)
“As a social worker whose life is spinning out of control ASTRID VAN WIEREN GIVES A MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE.” (playwright Rose Culls
A VERY MOVING FILM - complex characters interwoven in an intriguing plot line”
(composer John Roby)
“Van Wieren is fantastic in Jon Michaelson's emotional portrayal of a group of very different people struggling with their demons” (playwright/director Kat Sandler)
“This movie brings together a number of COMPELLING STORIES to form a heartfelt tribute to the resilience of the human spirit."
(filmmaker Moze Mossanen)
“A WONDERFUL STORY, FULL OF COMPASSION.”
(Lianne Ritchie, 51westdesign)
NOW MAGAZINE (TORONTO) RATING: NNN = ENTERTAINING