Mouthpiece
(Canada, 91 min.)
Dir. Patricia Rozema, Writ. Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava,
Patricia Rozema
Starring: Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, Maev Beaty, Jake
Epstein, Paula Boudreau
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Courtesy of TIFF |
Patricia Rozema delivers another winner with
Mouthpiece. The film might be her most
ambitious and auteurist picture since her 1987 breakthrough feature
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing. It’s an
exciting reminder of why she’s one of the best voices in Canadian film. After
the literary romp of
Mansfield Park and
the breathtaking dystopian vision of
Into the Forest, Rozema looks inward with
Mouthpiece,
tightening the scope while pushing the boundaries. The film stars Amy
Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, who join Rozema in adapting their play
Mouthpiece, as Cassandra, a woman torn
between her two selves when she learns of the sudden death of her mother,
Elaine.