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directed by

Sofia Bohdanowicz Sofia Bohdanowicz is a Canadian filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with Deragh Campbell and made her List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut in 2016 with ''Never Eat Alone''. Her second feature film, ''Maison du Bonh ...

and

Deragh Campbell Deragh Campbell (born May 4, 1989) is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her performances in Independent film, independent Cinema of Canada, Canadian cinema. Her collaborations with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz''—Veslemøy's Song' ...

. It stars Campbell as a young woman who discovers a series of letters in a

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archive between her great-grandmother and a fellow Polish poet. The film derives its name from the library call number for the box that holds the letters. It had its world premiere at the

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on February 14, 2019, and screened at New Directors/New Films on March 30, 2019.

Plot

After being appointed literary executor, a young woman named Audrey Benac uncovers a series of letters that her great-grandmother had written to a fellow poet. Both displaced from Poland, Zofia Bohdanowiczowa and

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nominee

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corresponded from 1957 to 1964 between

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and

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. Set over the course of three days, Audrey embarks on a journey to

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to translate and make sense of Zofia's words. Coming up against her aunt's disapproval as well as complications of access to the material, Audrey struggles to dig into an intimate past while facing her own existentially troubled present. Between silent segments of handling the letters at the archive and discursive monologues that articulate her findings, the film traces the emotional movement through the research process.

Cast

as Audrey Benac * Aaron Danby as Grzegorz * Elizabeth Rucker as Anya * Mariusz Sibiga as Noah

Production

Campbell plays Audrey Benac, a character she has inhabited twice before for Bohdanowicz in the films ''

Never Eat Alone ''Never Eat Alone'' is a 2016 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz. The film follows a lonely grandmother as she tries to reconnect with an ex-boyfriend from her youth. The film premiered in the Future//Present section o ...

'' (2016) and ''

Veslemøy's Song ''Veslemøy's Song'' is a 2018 Canadian dramatic short film directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz. A continuation of her 2016 film ''Never Eat Alone'', the film stars Deragh Campbell as Audrey Benac, a young woman attempting to research and recover the hi ...

'' (2018).

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 9033304 2019 films English-language Canadian films Canadian drama films Canadian independent films Films directed by Sofia Bohdanowicz 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films