Mouthpiece (Canada)

(91 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Director: Patricia Rozema

 

Recipient of the Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Editing in Feature Film, Canadian Cinema Editors Awards 2019; DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Picture Editing – Feature Film, Directors Guild of Canada 2019; and Lost Weekend Awards for Best Story, Avant Robot Award, Best Actress, Best Director & Best Film, Film Club’s The Lost Weekend 2019

 

A young writer, Cassandra, struggles to write a eulogy for her late mother, Elaine, who gave up her career to raise her children. A powerful depiction of the mother-daughter relationship. Dark, funny, compelling and the perfect balance of heartbreak and humour

 

(Collaboration: Canadian High Commission)