Archive of films Crackie / Crackie

Canada
2008, 90 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2009

Seventeen-year-old Mitsy lives with her grandmother Bride in a rundown house in a small Newfoundland town. Bride digs around at the dump by day, and by night she services the local village men. With the authenticity of a Ken Loach film, the movie offers excellent acting performances. And despite the sorrow and inconclusiveness of certain situations, it brims with hope and tragicomic moments.


Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Mitsy lives with her grandmother Bride in a ramshackle house in a small Newfoundland town. By day Bride scavenges the dump for junk to sell, by night she services local village men. Mitsy studies hair design at the local college and dreams about leaving to find her mother in Alberta after she finishes school. Her mother has no idea of her plans. Because she feels lonely, Mitsy decides to get a dog, but shop assistant Duffy isn’t about to let it go for free. Bride hopes that her granddaughter’s life will be different from her own, but unfortunately it seems that Mitsy is making the same mistakes as her mother and grandmother. Approaching the authenticity of a Ken Loach film, Crackie is indebted to excellent acting performances. Despite the gloom and desperation of certain situations, the film is full of hope, humanity, and tragicomic moments. Meghan Greeley shines in the role of Mitsy, her film debut.

About the director

Sherry White

Sherry White lives in Newfoundland where she is an acclaimed actress, director, and screenwriter. The feature The Bread Maker, which she wrote and played the lead in, premiered at the Toronto IFF in 2003. She cowrote the script for Down to the Dirt, which screened at Toronto in 2008 and received the Atlantic Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay; she also appeared in the film. White has worked with the CBC on many TV films and series, including Rabittown, "Hatching, Matching, & Dispatching,” "MVP: the Secret Lives of Hockey Wives,” and "Sophie.” Two award-winning shorts, Bucket (2007) and Spoiled (2008), were screened at the festival in Toronto. Crackie, her feature directorial debut, is based on an award-winning script written by the director.

Contacts

Kickham East Productions
38 Pearson St., Ste. 127, A1A 3R1, St. John's
Canada
Tel: +1 709 738 6474
Fax: +1 709 738 6475
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm
World premiere

Section: Another View
   
Director: Sherry White
Screenplay: Sherry White
Dir. of Photography: Stephen Reizes
Music: Duane Andrews
Editor: Chris Darlington
Producer: Jennice Ripley, Rhonda Buckley, Sherry White
Production: Kickham East Productions, Streely Maid Films
Cast: Mary Walsh, Meghan Greeley, Cheryl Wells, Joel Thomas Hynes, Kristin Booth
Contact: Kickham East Productions
   
www: www.crackie.ca
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