Audience of Chairs, An2018

Director
Deanne Foley

Acters

Carolina Bartczak (Maura)
Peter MacNeill (Ian)
Gord Rand (Ben)
Edie Inksetter (Paula)
Christopher Jacot (Duncan)
Daina Barbeau (Bar Patron)

A mother fighting her own demons struggles after losing custody of her two daughters.

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be strong enough to mask the demons that threaten to engulf her. But with an absent husband and two young daughters at home, her precarious sanity begins to unravel until one summer day, burning with manic energy, she makes a terrible mistake – a mistake that will change her life forever. The consequences for Maura are catastrophic: her ambitious husband runs for his life, taking the children with him, leaving Maura to lapse into a full-scale breakdown. Life as she knew it is now over. With the help of her father, Ian, Maura works to reclaim her life and waits for a miracle to bring her daughters home. But when the fates align, can the past be forgiven? Directed by award-winning filmmaker Deanne Foley, this universal story of the redemptive power of a mother’s love is adapted from the popular, award-winning novel, An Audience of Chairs by Joan Clark.

“’An Audience of Chairs’ is a very good movie that offers movie goers ideas to absorb and think about afterwards.” – Wylie Writes

“It’s a movie about empathy. It’s an experience to be shared.” – Now Toronto

“An extremely well made film. A great feature with a lot of notes hit at just the right moments. Like a piano composition really.” – Hollywood North Magazine