<  SINGING THE BONES   Canada 2001 / Video / Color / 88 min. Three women from different backgrounds, a midwife, a mother and an obstetrician are linked by a mysterious pregnancy. Meg, the midwife who practises illegally in rural areas of West Coast Canada, is visited by strange dreams when she takes on a new client. Artist Nicole, a feisty French-Canadian mother-to-be scarred by past trauma at the hands of modern medicine, is adamant about having her upcoming birth at home. Dr. Sara, a compassionate European obstetrician, warns of dangerous complications. When Nicole's vulnerability becomes apparent in hospital, all three women ask themselves whether one woman's choice is worth the chance that her babies may die. As the risk to Meg's career escalates over the mother's determination to have her child at home, Meg's dreams are haunted by images of another life. On the night of the birth, the mother's choice, Dr. Sara's secret and Meg's dreams collide. Script:  Gordon Halloran. D'apr�s la pi�ce de/Based on the play by: Caitlin Hicks.    Phot.:  Ben Low.    Ed.:  Gordon Halloran.    Mus.:  Cameron Wilson, Rose Kirchner.    Cast:  Caitlin Hicks, Ed White, Brenda Menard.    Sales:  Gordon Halloran, Caitlin Hicks, Fat Salmon Cinema, Inc., General Delivery Creek, BC V0N 2W0 (Canada), t�l. & fax: (604) 886-3634, e-mail: [email protected].    Gordon Halloran Ontario-born Gordon Halloran has worked as a painter, illustrator, theatre director, playwright and production designer. His art has appeared in numerous publications and his commissioned work is displayed in collections around the world. He wrote, produced and directed Showing Size, a one-man play which was performed in several Canadian cities and California. He worked as production designer on Don Thompson's feature film, CLOUDS (2000). SINGING THE BONES marks his own debut as a film director.

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