Mothers & Daughters (2008 film)

Mothers and Daughters is a 2008 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Carl Bessai.^[1]

Mothers and Daughters
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Directed by	Carl Bessai
Written by	Carl Bessai
Produced by	Carl Bessai Rod Ruel
Starring	Babz Chula Gabrielle Rose Tantoo Cardinal Camille Sullivan Tiffany Lyndall-Knight Tinsel Korey
Cinematography	Carl Bessai
Edited by	Mark Shearer
Music by	Lullaby Baxter Bertram Havisham
Production company	Ravenwest Films
Distributed by	Kinosmith
Release date	September 8, 2008 (2008-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film, an exploration of mother-daughter relationships, centres on a group of women in Vancouver. Micki (Babz Chula) is a romance novelist who has tried to relate to her daughter Rebecca (Camille Sullivan) as a friend and peer rather than as a mother; Brenda (Gabrielle Rose) is a woman whose relationship with her daughter Kate (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight) is tested when her husband leaves her for another woman; Celine (Tantoo Cardinal) is a single house painter with no children, who has the opportunity to indulge her maternal instincts when her young client Cynthia (Tinsel Korey) needs assistance with her pregnancy.^[2] The characters and dialogue were developed by the actresses through an improvisational process.^[3]

At the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival, the film won the audience award for Most Popular Canadian Film.^[4] Rose received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 30th Genie Awards.^[5]

Bessai went on to make two more films, Fathers & Sons (2010) and Sisters & Brothers (2011), that used a similar process and structure to explore family dynamics.

Cast

• Babz Chula as Micki
• Gabrielle Rose as Brenda
• Tantoo Cardinal as Celine
• Camille Sullivan as Rebecca
• Tiffany Lyndall-Knight as Kate
• Tinsel Korey as Cynthia
• Sarah Lind as Store Clerk