Venue: Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentations)Ĭast: Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Donal Logue, Amybeth McNultyĪuthor Miriam Toews has readily acknowledged that her 2014 novel was based on similar events in her own life, and her intimate understanding of the situation shows in the film’s refusal to smooth over the thorny situation it presents. After Elf attempts suicide, Yoli returns to their hometown near Winnipeg to help her recover, though Elf insists she is absolutely determined to die. Protagonist Yoli ( Alison Pill) is a frustrated mother and struggling novelist who’s grown up in the shadow of her big sister, Elf ( Sarah Gadon), a brilliant concert pianist. Written and directed by Michael McGowan, the drama centers on two sisters in crisis. And then, not long after, a third realization follows: In the case of this particular film, those two tendencies work directly at odds with each other. The other is that it’s based on a book even those who’ve never heard of it would glean as much from the sporadic voiceovers and literary-sounding dialogue. One is that the film is rooted in firsthand experience - the emotions on display seem too jagged not to be. Pretty quickly into All My Puny Sorrows, two things become apparent.
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