FLOWER & GARNET

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• Release Year: 2002
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Eight-year-old Garnet (Genie nominated, Colin Roberts) is still haunted by his mother s tragic death that occurred while she gave birth to him. He spends much of his time alone - feeding popsicles to cats, eating dirt, and collecting worms. His father, Ed (Callum Keith Rennie) remains saddened and filled with rage over his wife s death. He is distant and rarely speaks to his children. Flower (Jane McGregor), a pretty, warm-hearted 16-year-old, long ago assumed the role of mothering her brother, Garnet, and it is only by her side that he feels loved. But, the task is weighing on her and she seeks independence. ; ; The sudden news of Flower's pregnancy shocks the family and they are split when she decides to leave home. Ed, trying to bond with his son, buys him a BB gun as a birthday gift, but this gesture only pushes Garnet further toward the edge and he begins to unravel, growing aberrant and violent. Ed must figure out how to face (poss. overcome instead of face ) this new suffering that his years of silence have sown.
• Cast: Callum Keith Rennie, Jane McGregor, Alisha Penev, Colin Roberts, Dov Tiefenbach, Kristen Thomson, Craig Olejnik, Chilton Crane, Philip Granger, Arnie Walters, Eliza Murbach, Allan Lysell, Mitra Loraz, Linsea O'Shea, Dimitri Milani, Gerald W. Behrman, Bill Perry, Don Connors, Lois Archer-Dhell, Keith Behrman
• Director: Keith Behrman
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Odeon Films, Screen Siren Pictures, Alliance Atlantis
• Media Format: Movie