All My Puny Sorrows
Pauvres petits chagrins (v.o.a.s-t.f.)
- Release Date: April 15, 2022 (limited)
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Michael McGowan
- Producer(s): Michael McGowan, Tyler Levine, Patrice Theroux
- Writer(s): Michael McGowan
- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Length: 1h 43m | Classification: 13+
Synopsis
The poignant story of two sisters. Elfrieda (Sarah Gadon) is a gifted, beautiful, happily married and much celebrated concert pianist who struggles with acute depression and a desire to follow in her father's footsteps by committing suicide.
Yolandi (Alison Pill) is a struggling writer who feels like a failure, with children from different fathers. When Elf makes a second attempt on her life and decides she wants to go to a clinic in Switzerland that will help her end her life, Yolandi makes it her mission to save her sister.
Based on the international best-selling novel of the same name by Canadian Miriam Toews.
Canadian Connection: Filmed in North Bay. Most of the cast members, including the two leads, Sarah Gadon and Alison
Pill, are Canadian.;