Synopsis
A senior citizen falls into a reverie of love and regret on the final day of packing up her home.
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Director’s Statement
Crocuses is a modern day portrait of a woman in her seventies. It focuses on Rita Crawley, a widower whose husband, Bernard, died the year before. We meet her as she is about to move out of her family home into a condominium. When her daughter, Jackie, shows up to help, they argue over leaving Bernard’s chair behind. The argument provokes Rita to reflect back on her life. Through a dreamscape of memory and image, a portrait of Rita is revealed. It tells not only of Rita’s relationship with Bernard but also of her relationship with her current world. In a broader sense, it touches on: a lost way of life; the freedom and restrictions of our upbringing; the limitations and power of women; the profound beauty of love and loss.
With Crocuses, I wanted to create a portrait of woman through memory and image. I begin with a conventional setup and then move into Rita’s memories. By pushing into her internal landscape, I also push into form, mixing narrative and documentary elements. Although I purposely wanted to play with the medium, it was equally important for me to tell a story that is motivated by character. My hope is that audience’s leave the theatre with a sense of Rita and her complicated heart.
Ian Vatcher is a much sought after DOP. His work includes the internationally acclaimed shorts Sadie and Infanticide. Infanticide was the winner of the Best Atlantic Short at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2013 and was featured in Cannes at Canada’s Not Short on Talent section in 2014. Ian was also a camera operator on the long running television series Republic of Doyle. He currently works on the television series Frontier (
Established as an award winning composer for film and television, the music of Duane Andrews is the product of a great ear, an adventurous collaborative spirit, and a love of music that is beyond category. As a versatile composer he sharpened his skills at the Conservatoire International de Paris and the CNR in Marseilles, France and has scored a variety of projects which have screened at events such as the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and aired on channels such as CBC and Bravo. He has also won numerous awards for projects as a solo artist, or as a group or duo, including multiple ECMAs, a JUNO and a Canadian Folk Music Award.
