Within a re-creation of childhood joys lies a more troubling story of a family’s growing crisis in Sophy Romvari’s affecting and intelligent feature debut. The graceful opening scenes depict a period of transition for a Hungarian Canadian family of six as they adapt to a new home on Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, seen from the perspective of the youngest daughter Sasha. Fascinating and moving as a meditation on grief, memory, and love, Blue Heron sees the filmmaker blur the borders between fiction and documentary in ways that aren’t soon forgotten.
90 minutes
Not Rated
Content Advisory: Mature themes
English, Hungarian
Tickets: $20 Admission (+applicable taxes & fees)
