Marine Life

Réalisé par Anne Wheeler

Canada, 2000 (fiction, 95 minutes, couleurs, anglais)

Image : © annewheeler.com

Description du film [en anglais] :
« Marine Life, starring Cybill Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge and Alexandra Purvis, revolves around the chaotic family life of June (Shepherd), a middle-aging lounge singer and mother. June is trying to hold on to her career, her beauty, her children and her most recent love, Robert (Outerbridge)—a tender but slightly confused younger man. To relax, June makes frequent trips through the car wash, singing her heart out. June's 12-year-old daughter Adele (Purvis)—an amazingly mature adolescent surrounded by amazingly adolescent adults—tries to make sense of the emotional upheaval surrounding her. »
-- annewheeler.com (source)

Générique (partiel) :
Scénario :	Robert Forsyth, Lori Lansens
Source originale :	Marine Life, un recueil de nouvelles de Linda Svendsen
Produit par :	John Delmage, Andrea Goodey, Arvi Liimatainen, Jayme Pfahl, Jeanne Stromberg, Harold Tichenor
Interprètes principaux :	Cybil Shepherd, Peter Outerbridge, Alexandra Purvis, Gabrielle Miller, Michael Hogan
Images :	David Pelletier
Montage images :	Alison Grace
Musique :	George Blondheim
Société de production :	Odeon Films, Alliance Atlantis

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Notes sur Marine Life

Présenté au Toronto International Film Festival en 2000.

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Citation sur Marine Life [en anglais]

« The main virtue of the workmanlike adaptation by director Anne Wheeler [...] is that it remains true to characters who are too good to be happy with their self-centred nature, but not quite good enough to change. The downside is the homey sentimentality (typified by the intrusive, jaunty guitar music) that strives to hold together the script's loosely episodic structure. »
-- Liam Lacey (source)

Bibliographie sur Marine Life

Brèves parties de livres

MONK, Katherine. Weird Sex and Snowshoes: And Other Canadian Film Phenomena, Vancouver, Raincoast Books, 2001. [en anglais] (p. 315)

Articles de journaux, de revues grand public ou de sites d'information en ligne

HOWARD, Cori. « Dipping into the Hollywood cookie jar: The director of Marine Life is an independent West Coast filmmaker and likes it that way. On the other hand, if Cybill Shepherd wants to be in her movie ... », National Post, 14 septembre 2000. [en anglais]
LACEY, Liam. « Family's dirty laundry gets lost in the wash », critique de Marine Life, Globe and Mail, 27 avril 2001. [en anglais]
LEVY, Emanuel. « Marine Life », critique de Marine Life, Variety, 25 septembre 2000. [en anglais]

Sites Web sur Marine Life

« IMDb: Marine Life », Internet Movie Database, Inc, http://imdb.com/title/tt0218426/combined. [en anglais]