ALFF Program - i am a good person/i am a bad person

Saturday, February 11 at 7:00pm

Dir. Ingrid Veninger (in attendance)
Ontario, 2011, 80 minutes

Following up last year’s charming film Modra, ALFF is pleased to present director Ingrid Veninger’s follow-up film, i am a good person/i am a bad person.
Well-intentioned but misguided filmmaker Ruby White leaves her husband and son in Toronto and embarks on a European film festival tour with her eighteen- year-old daughter, Sara, tagging along as her assistant. Ruby over-shares, doesn’t listen and is a bundle of insecurities, inevitably pushing Sara (and the world) away. When criticism from an audience member at a UK screening triggers Ruby to question herself, the mother-daughter relationship melts down. Ruby travels to the next screening in Berlin alone, while Sara visits her cousin in Paris. The malaise and loneliness of being on their own forces both women to confront secrets they have withheld from their loved ones, and make a bold decision before they return home.
Sincere and cinematic, and full of the exhilarating creativity characteristic of Veningerʼs work, i am a good person/i am a bad person is about taking a good look at who you are, and where you want to go next.

Screening sponsor: Burnt Toast Café/The Cork & Bull