Directed by Deborah Day |
Canada, 2002 (fiction, 90 minutes, colour, English) |
Also known as "Party surprise!" |
Film Description: "In a downtown Toronto loft, Stephanie, a single, pregnant performance artist, invites family, friends, lovers, ex-lovers and neighbours to witness and participate in the home birth of her first child. Despite their complex and diverse relationships, this group of people laughs, hopes, cries and confides in each other as they support Stephanie during the birthing process. Throughout the next 24 hours, dramatic events surrounding the birth unfold. Tension, humour, egos, and relationship challenges abound. Through it all, everyone is forced to come to terms with the past, the pregnancy, each other and the fact that their lives will never be quite the same again." -- Telefilm Canada (source) |
Film Credits (partial): | |
Produced by: | Sharon Petzold, Kirk Johnson, Angela Gei, Barbara Radecki, Valerie Buhagiar, Thomas Mark Walden |
Principal Cast: | Colin Mochrie, Valerie Buhagiar, Angela Gei, Debra McGrath, Barbara Radecki, Karl Pruner, Tom Melissis, Derwin Jordan |
Cinematography: | James Griffith |
Film Editing: | Lara Mazur |
Music: | Donald Quan |
Production Company: | Perch Lake Pictures Expecting Productions |
Additional Credits: | Story [histoire]: Cindy Stone, Karen Hill, Deborah Day; Dialogue improvised by [dialogues improvisés par]: Colin Mochrie, Valerie Buhagiar, Angela Gei, Debra McGrath, Barbara Radecki, Karl Pruner, Tom Melissis, Derwin Jordan |