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Little Orphans (2020)

Little Orphans poster
Directed by
Ruth Lawrence
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
18A
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three adult sisters reunite in Newfoundland for a wedding. They still deal with the pain of being abandoned by their mother as children.

melancholicintimateslow-burnbittersweetreflectiveemotionalunderstatedfamily-centered

What happens

Little Orphans is a 2020 Canadian drama film, directed by Ruth Lawrence. The film stars Emily Bridger, Rhiannon Morgan and Marthe Bernard as Gwen, Kay and Janet, three young adult sisters whose lives have been haunted by being abandoned by their mother in childhood, who are reuniting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador for Janet's wedding. The film was written by Bridger as an adaptation of her own theatrical stage play. Its cast also includes Kyra Harper and Andy McQueen. The film premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival on September 18, 2020, and was screened in October at the St. John's International Women's Film Festival. In December it was screened at the Whistler Film Festival, where it won the Borsos Competition award for Best Canadian Film. The film was also nominated for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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