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My Fiona
- Director: Kelly Walker
- Writer: Kelly Walker
- Producer: Tina Carbone; Matt Minshall; Kate Sloate
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Erm...what just happened? It was all just a little too inexplicable...Fiona jumps off of a very high roof. You see her body hurtling past the window...and then, her funeral. That may sound like a spoiler...it isn't, this all happens in the first few minutes. It certainly sets the tone.
Unfortunately, the obvious tone is explored no further. Why did she jump? Dunno...who cares? Don't expect any answers, Kelly Walker's debut feature really isn't concerned with answers.
Rather focusing on a blossoming romance wrought out of grief...tricky indeed! What's even more trickier is that the left-behind-straight-best-friend has started questioning her sexuality. Has Fiona's suicide triggered her sapphic desires? Does the left-behind-straight-best-friend want to take Fiona's place...as mother to her son and wife to her wife? Oooh doesn't this all sound so deliciously manipulative, complex and downright nasty? Yum.
Well...that's not the film. It could have been...but, it's not. This is just a fairly tepid romance between two grief-stricken people and a little boy thrown in for cuteness.
Why did Fiona kill herself? We will never know...so, what was the point of the film when the film forgot the point?!?
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Best friends for life, Jane and Fiona have done everything together since kindergarten – Jane following wherever Fiona will lead. Left devastated and adrift following Fiona’s sudden suicide, Jane’s only way to make sense of everything is by helping Fiona’s widow Gemma care for their young son Bailey. Polar-opposites, the two women have nothing in common save for their shared grief and love for Fiona. But as Jane’s help offers some stability, Gemma can’t help being drawn to her and an unexpected intimacy builds between them. However, is it enough to mend broken hearts and can Jane really keep living her life vicariously through Fiona’s family? Writer-director Walker explores the myriad ways we deal with loss through an honest and nuanced script that finds humour in the darkest of times, resulting in a film that is both heart-breaking and uplifting.
Emma Smart
Cast & Characters
Camille Guaty as Kayla
Sara Amini as Fiona
John Ennis as Larry
Corbin Reid as Gemma
Sterling Sulieman as Paul
Ursula Taherian as Suzannah
Travis Coles as Greg
Ryan W. Garcia as Alec
Naiia Ulrich as Youtube Babysitter
Jeanette Maus as Jane
Jess Riley as Danielle
Elle Vernee as Vanessa
Sydney Serena as Hannah
Courtney Hawkins as Miss Sue
April Lang as Ruth