80 minutes – Comedy, Drama, Crime
Language: English
Festival release date: February 20, 2024 – Berlin International Film Festival
Release date: October 4, 2024 – Toronto
Production company: MDFF Films
Canadian distributor: The Cinema Guild
Mara, a young creative writing professor. Matt is a semi-successful writer based in New York. Mara is struggling with problems in her marriage to an experimental musician. Once old friends who drifted apart, Matt and Mara bump into each other outside Mara’s classroom at the Toronto college where she teaches. Bonded by their shared interests and past, the two gradually become closer. When Mara’s husband unexpectedly cancels plans to drive her to an out-of-town conference, Matt accompanies Mara on the trip instead. Along the way, the tension surrounding their undefined relationship slowly grows. It premiered in the Encounters program at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival.
Candice Napoleone
Daniel Montgomery
Neil Mathieson
Matthew Miller
Kazik Radwanski
Daniel Montgomery
Nikolay Michaylov
Ajla Odobasic
Mimosa Haque (Set Decoration)
Mara Zigler
Deragh Campbell
Matt Johnson
Mounir Al Shami
Simon Reynolds
Kinshuk Dhingra
Georgia Tannis
Jack Nguyen
Frances Howlett
Linda Theresa Young
Avery Nayman
Jim Phu
Alejandro Zapico
Marlowe Granadoes
Ava Mattern
Cristina Paoletta
Mara
Matt
Samir
Mara’s Father
Creative Writing Student
Professor Catherine Burke
Professor
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University Professor
Mara’s Daughter
Sean
Front Desk Agent
Maeve
Shop Assistant
Funeral Director
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