A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Acting
Shirley Henderson's physical transformation will wreck you completely.
Cinematography
Alberta's bleak beauty as character, not backdrop.
Direction
Hepburn's debut refuses comforting redemption arcs.
Director
Kathleen Hepburn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hepburn developed this from her own short film; Shirley Henderson spent months studying Parkinson's patients and wore weights to simulate tremors.
The 'man camps' depicted fuel Canada's oil sands—temporary housing for predominantly male workers that have been linked to spikes in sexual violence and social dysfunction in surrounding communities.
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