Camilla

Directed by Deepa Mehta

Canada / United Kingdom, 1994 (fiction, 95 minutes, colour, English)

Also known as "Freda y Camilla"

Film Description:
"Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician from Toronto, is vacationing in Georgia with her husband. She befriends Camilla, an eccentric, elderly violinist. When the two women embark on a journey together, Camilla reclaims a lost love and makes peace with herself and her son, while Freda discovers inner resources she did not know she had."
-- WorldCat (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Ali Jennings, Paul Quarrington
Produced by:	Jonathan Barker, Suzanne Colvin, Christina Jennings, Simon Relph
Principal Cast:	Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas, Maury Chaykin, Graham Greene, Hume Cronyn, Ranjit Chowdhry, George Harris, Sandy Ross, Gerry Quigley, Atom Egoyan, Devyani Saltzman
Cinematography:	Guy Dufaux
Film Editing:	Barry Farrell
Music:	Daniel Lanois, John Altman
Production Company:	Shaftesbury Films, Ontario Film Development Corp., Telefilm Canada, Skreba Creon

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Notes about Camilla

Filmed in Toronto; Hamilton, Ontario; and Georgia, U.S.

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Quote about Camilla

"Camilla is a delicate, almost fragile composition. At times, the film's meandering narrative seems to lose its bearings. But Camilla eventually wends its way into the heart, leaving the viewer with an irresistibly poignant image—of a radiant Jessica Tandy, who died in September [1994] at the age of 85, giving her final performance in a movie that is, in the end, about final performances."
-- Brian D. Johnson (source)

Bibliography for Camilla

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Dussault, Serge. "Les violons de l'automne." Review of Camilla. La Presse, November 26, 1994. [in French]
Groen, Rick. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. Globe and Mail, November 25, 1994.
Johnson, Brian D. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. Maclean's, November 28, 1994.
Kelly, Brendan. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. Variety, November 28, 1994.
MacInnis, Craig. "Movie madness: Filmmaker Deepa Mehta's Camilla takes the late Jessica Tandy on an internal journey that crosses many borders." Toronto Star, November 25, 1994.
Maslin, Janet. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. New York Times, December 16, 1994, Late New York Edition.
Take One. "Deepa Mehta. 11 million dollar director." Interview with Deepa Mehta. Take One (Toronto), Autumn 1994.
Thompson, Ben. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. Sight & Sound, March 1995.
Turbide, Diane. "Camilla." Review of Camilla. Maclean's, June 28, 1993.

Web Sites about Camilla

"IMDb: Camilla." Internet Movie Database, Inc. http://imdb.com/title/tt0109368/combined.