Mothers and Daughters is a 2008 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Carl Bessai.[1]
| Mothers and Daughters | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Bessai |
| Written by | Carl Bessai |
| Produced by | Carl Bessai Rod Ruel |
| Starring | Babz Chula Gabrielle Rose Tantoo Cardinal Camille Sullivan Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Tinsel Korey |
| Cinematography | Carl Bessai |
| Edited by | Mark Shearer |
| Music by | Lullaby Baxter Bertram Havisham |
Production company | Ravenwest Films |
| Distributed by | Kinosmith |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film, an exploration of mother-daughter relationships, centres on a group of women in Vancouver. Micki (Babz Chula) is a romance novelist who has tried to relate to her daughter Rebecca (Camille Sullivan) as a friend and peer rather than as a mother; Brenda (Gabrielle Rose) is a woman whose relationship with her daughter Kate (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight) is tested when her husband leaves her for another woman; Celine (Tantoo Cardinal) is a single house painter with no children, who has the opportunity to indulge her maternal instincts when her young client Cynthia (Tinsel Korey) needs assistance with her pregnancy.[2] The characters and dialogue were developed by the actresses through an improvisational process.[3]
At the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival, the film won the audience award for Most Popular Canadian Film.[4] Rose received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 30th Genie Awards.[5]
Bessai went on to make two more films, Fathers & Sons (2010) and Sisters & Brothers (2011), that used a similar process and structure to explore family dynamics.
References edit
- ^ "Overwrought relationships, underwritten with love". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2009.
- ^ "Mothers & Daughters: Carl Bessai". Exclaim!, May 29, 2009.
- ^ "Mothers&Daughters' Gabrielle Rose finds her reality". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2009.
- ^ "Fifty Dead Men Walking was dead-on according to VIFF jury; I've Loved You So Long voted most popular film". The Province, October 12, 2008.
- ^ "Polytechnique tops Genie nominations". CBC News, March 1, 2010.
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