Murmur
Year: 2019
Country:
CANADA
Language:
English
Run Time:
85 minutes
Alcohol dependent, estranged from her family, and in poor health, Donna is living an isolated and joyless life. After she is caught drinking and driving, Donna is sentenced to a reform program. As part of her treatment, she begins to work at an animal shelter where she finds purpose in her monotonous tasks of cleaning cages and mopping floors. In the animals, Donna discovers the unwavering love and affection that have been missing in her life. These emotions are amplified when she adopts a terminally ill dog named Charlie to save him from being euthanized. Donna obsessively takes on more and more ill animals until her compulsive behavior is identified as endangering her recovery. Donna has to decide if she should relinquish this new found purpose in her life or continue doing what she deems best. MURMUR is a stoic work of docufiction profiling a troubled woman from an impartial perspective. The film reveals the truth of Donna’s experience in the small moments that define a life. — R.R.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
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Director
Heather Young
Producers
Martha Cooley, Heather Young
Screenwriting
Heather Young
Cinematography
Jeff Wheaton
Editing
Heather Young
Principal Cast
Shan MacDonald
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