Festival Director Grainne Humphreys described ‘Cloudburst’ — the tale of two elderly lesbians who escape from a rest home to marry in Canada — as “beguiling as its lovely title suggests”.
However, the 66-year-old film’s lead actress was telling it straight as usual. “It’s a flawed little film. We had no money. There are things wrong with it, we hadn’t enough time — the usual thing but I think it works,” Brenda [Fricker] admitted.
It certainly does, starring Fricker and Olympia Dukakis, as lovers Stella and Dot, ‘Cloudburst’ has been racking up film awards around North America since its release last autumn — most recently winning Best Canadian Film Award at the Edmonton International Film Festival.
Here’s a clip:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oATCC6QrTKo
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