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VIOLET
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Canada
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 105 min.
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Fifty five is a lethal year for Violet's family. Her brother and both of her parents died at that same age. Violet feels the hand of fate upon her; she'll be 55 in July. Life seems to be passing her by. The truth is, Violet has been only half alive since her husband died several years ago. And she's blind as a bat to the fact that Rusty, the handsome farm manager, is in love with her. Violet has a tough time maintaining a brave front at her birthday party. Her gay son Carlos, the linguistics professor, has returned without a decent explanation from a good job (at last!) in Montreal. Her eldest, Rex, a musician in constant need of cash, dates a steady stream of new girls. And soon she'll be losing her baby, Ramona, who is marrying her boyfriend in the fall, if he lasts that long. After several ill omens, Violet goes into an existential tailspin and takes to her bed to wait for her seemingly inevitable fate. Her fractured family gather around trying their best to snap her out of her depression. All except cousin Lynda, who is waiting for the curse of 55 to pay off so she can get her hands on the farm. Then Rusty makes a serious move to get Violet's attention...
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Script: Rosemary House.
Phot.: Ivan Gekoff.
Ed.: Trevor Ambrose.
Mus.: Paul Steffler.
Cast: Mary Welsh, Peter McNeill, Andrew Younghusband, Susan Kent, Barry Newhook, Bernie Stapleton, Jody Richardson, Janice Spence, Raoul Bhaneja.
Prod.: Mary Sexton, Dark Flowers Productions Inc., St. John's, Terre-Neuve (Canada), t�l.: (709) 739-9055, fax: (709) 739-9065, e-mail: [email protected].
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.
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Rosemary House
Writer, director, producer and editor Rosemary House has been making fiction films and documentaries since 1990. Her documentaries include Rufus Grinchard (1990), Return of the River (1996), Rain, Drizzle and Fog (1998) and Ron Hynes: The Irish Tour (2000). She has also directed two dramatic shorts, When Women Are Crazy (1990) and Subway to Tickle Gut (1994). VIOLET marks her debut in features. |
