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An awkward teenage outcast (2014 TIFF Rising Star Julia Sarah Stone) finds unlikely companions in two aged residents of the retirement home where she works, in this charming and poignant debut by Canadian director Lindsay MacKay.
Actor Craig Arnold in attendance.
A coming-of-age movie driven by sharp observations and a poetic sensitivity towards its outcast characters, first-time feature filmmaker Lindsay MacKay's Wet Bum is graced by an exceptional lead turn from 2014 TIFF Rising Star Julia Sarah Stone, whose performance is exquisitely crafted yet feels wonderfully devoid of guile.
Expected to work as a cleaner in the seniors' residence her mother manages, fourteen-year-old Sam (Stone) endures a daily gauntlet of disgruntled residents. In addition, her slower physical development has made her very self-conscious about her body. Unhappy amongst her schoolmates, Sam finds herself increasingly drawn to two of the seniors at her work. As her relationship with them deepens, she finds worlds far more complex and intriguing than the one inhabited by her peers.
Featuring a stellar supporting cast (including Leah Pinsent as Sam's harried mother) and several wonderful set pieces — a mid-winter party in an unfinished house that encapsulates all the thrills and horrors of small-town adolescence — Wet Bum (developed as part of TIFF's professional development program, STUDIO) is a poignant debut whose hard-won wisdom belies the youth of both its star and director.
"A movie everyone can see themselves in. Awkward and confusing, naive and hopeful — it captures that moment on the brink of change." — Robyn Matuto, TIFF Next Wave Committee
Actor Craig Arnold in attendance.
A coming-of-age movie driven by sharp observations and a poetic sensitivity towards its outcast characters, first-time feature filmmaker Lindsay MacKay's Wet Bum is graced by an exceptional lead turn from 2014 TIFF Rising Star Julia Sarah Stone, whose performance is exquisitely crafted yet feels wonderfully devoid of guile.
Expected to work as a cleaner in the seniors' residence her mother manages, fourteen-year-old Sam (Stone) endures a daily gauntlet of disgruntled residents. In addition, her slower physical development has made her very self-conscious about her body. Unhappy amongst her schoolmates, Sam finds herself increasingly drawn to two of the seniors at her work. As her relationship with them deepens, she finds worlds far more complex and intriguing than the one inhabited by her peers.
Featuring a stellar supporting cast (including Leah Pinsent as Sam's harried mother) and several wonderful set pieces — a mid-winter party in an unfinished house that encapsulates all the thrills and horrors of small-town adolescence — Wet Bum (developed as part of TIFF's professional development program, STUDIO) is a poignant debut whose hard-won wisdom belies the youth of both its star and director.
"A movie everyone can see themselves in. Awkward and confusing, naive and hopeful — it captures that moment on the brink of change." — Robyn Matuto, TIFF Next Wave Committee