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Lost and DeliriousAs Mary 'Mouse' Bedford Release: 21 January 2001 (Sundance Film Festival) Theatrical Release: July 06, 2001 Close Date: September 6, 2001 Writer: Judith Thompson Director: Léa Pool MPAA Rating: R Running time: 108 min. Genre: drama Distributor: Lions Gate Films Budget: n/a Domestic Boxoffice: $307,233 Domestic Opening Weekend: $41,215 (7 theatres) Widest Release: 20 theatres Foreign Boxoffice: 89,664 (Italy & Spain) Awards: Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards 2002 (won) Directors Guild of Canada 2002 (nominated) Genie Awards 2002 (won x1, nominated x2) Mar del Plata Film Festival 2001 (won) Stockholm Film Festival 2001 (won) Valladolid International Film Festival 2001 (nominated) Verona Love Screens Film Festival 2002 (nominated) Photos | Trailer | IMDB people of interest The Cast *Piper Perabo - Pauline Oster *Jessica Paré - Victoria Moller *Jackie Burroughs - Fay Vaughn *Graham Greene - Joe Menzies *Mimi Kuzyk - Eleanor Bannet friends. roomates. lovers. The Synopsis Three schoolgirls learn about the joys, sorrows, and varieties of love in this drama based on the novel The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan. Mary (Mischa Barton) is a quiet girl who is still recovering from the death of her mother. Mary's father and new stepmother, who are blind to her emotional needs, send her away to an all-girls college, where Mary becomes fast friends with her new roommates, sophisticated Paulie (Piper Perabo) and worldly Tory (Jessica Pare). But Mary soon discovers that Paulie and Tory are more than just friends, and have begun to pursue a passionate physical relationship. While initially puzzled by their lesbian leanings, Mary remains close friends with both of them; Tory's sister is not so open minded, however, and threatens to tell their parents about Tory's affair. Afraid and confused, Tory quickly breaks off her romance with Paulie and takes up with Jake (Luke Kirby), a student at a nearby boys' school. Paulie is heartbroken, and desperately struggles to win Tory back by writing her epic-length poems on the subject of love and loss. Paulie also finds a metaphor for her wounded heart as she finds an injured bird in the woods and struggles to restore it to health; in addition, she discovers an understanding soul in the person of Fay Vaughn (Jackie Burroughs), one of her teachers. Lost and Delirious was the first English-language feature for Québecois filmmaker Lea Pool; the film received its world premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. |





Lost and Delirious