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Mothers & Daughters

Vancouver director Carl Bessai's sparkling ensemble cast breathes life into six unique and beguiling characters, mining the rich terrain of the mother-daughter bond. The high-strung pulp romance novelist Micki (Babz Chula) eclipses her sullen daughter Rebecca (Camille Sullivan), an actress who finds Mom overwhelming. Brenda (Gabrielle Rose) is a dedicated housewife and mother who is shocked to learn that her husband has left her for a younger woman. Her daughter Kate (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight) is less sympathetic, and appears more devastated by her father's departure than her mother. Celine (Tantoo Cardinal) is a Metis woman who owns her own business. When she is hired by Cynthia (Tinsel Korey), a young professional who was adopted into a white household many years earlier, a troubling question arises: could Cynthia be Celine's long-lost granddaughter?

Fresh, yet openly referential to iconic filmmakers and movements, Robert Altman, John Cassavetes, Mike Leigh and the Dogme95 set, can all be sensed in the inspired moments of Bessai's cast.