94 minutes – Drama
Release date: March 5, 2010
Canadian distributor: Kickham East Productions
Seventeen year old Mitsy shares a ramshackle house in a small town with her grandmother, Bride, who has raised her since she was four. Bride spends her days scrounging in the local dump and her nights entertaining men in her bedroom. When Mitsy is accepted as a student at the local college, studying hair design, her harsh-tongued grandmother is secretly proud of her. She wants Mitsy to elevate her life. She has no idea that Mitsy secretly plans to move to Alberta to live with her real mother, Gwennie, after graduating. Mitsy has a crush on smooth talking Duffy, who convinces her to adopt his old ratty dog. Mitsy hopes the pathetic mutt is an answer to her lonely prayers and hopes being responsible for the animal will provide some stability in her otherwise unsettled life. But then Gwennie shows up unexpectedly and Mitsy’s world begins to unravel. She must decide whether the woman who raised her is her enemy, or her strongest ally.
Rhonda Buckley
Jennice Ripley
Sherry White
Stephen Reizes
Chris Darlington
Duance Andrews
Shelley Cornick
Lori Ann Benson (Set Decoration)
Charlotte Reid
Mary Walsh
Meghan Greeley
Cheryl Wells
Joel Thomas Hynes
Kristin Booth
Deborah Jackman
Percy Hynes White
Rowan McCrindle
Alexandra Hallett
Jane Maggs
Monica Walsh
Geraldine Hollett
Paula Morgan
Dave Sullivan
Amy House
Mack Furlong
Justin Simms
Bride
Mitsy
Gwenny
Duffy
Gail
Debbie
Takeout Boy
Takeout Boy
Little Mitzi
Vickie
Jayne
Aid Teller
Bank Teller
Bartender
Duffy’s Mother
Ronny
Lance
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